Northrop Grumman Corp. said Tuesday it won a $46 million contract to provide communication help to U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.

Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $3.3 million contract from the Air Force to provide support services for the A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, the company said Wednesday.

Among the stock activity stories for Monday, Nov. 9, from AP Financial News:

Northrop Grumman Corp. shares rose Monday on news it is selling its contractor's advisory services unit for $1.65 billion in cash to a private equity firm in order to comply with new government regulations.

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s sale of its advisory services unit TASC Inc. to two private equity firms demonstrates its ability to adapt in a changing regulatory environment for defense contractors.

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s sale of its advisory services unit TASC Inc. to two private equity firms demonstrates its ability to adapt in a changing regulatory environment for defense contractors.

By Megan Davies and Jui Chakravorty Das

Northrop Grumman said Sunday it agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc. to private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $1.65 billion in cash.

Airbus will deliver the first of its new freight cargo aircraft in the summer of 2010, the company said Thursday after the plane took off on its maiden test flight.

Airbus Americas Inc. spent $190,000 in the third quarter lobbying over its competition for a $35 billion Air Force contract for aerial refueling tankers and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form.

With hundreds of new jobs at stake, Kansas officials are keeping an eye on the competition for an Air Force contract to build a new refueling plane.

The Air Force will soon release its final request for proposed bids in the long saga of replacing it's mid-air refueling tankers. Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS are facing off again for a massive deal that will start at $35 billion, but could end up over $100 billion.

A team of California rocketeers has won a $1 million prize in a simulated lunar landing contest backed by NASA.

Aerospace engineering firm Ducommun Inc. said Monday its third-quarter profit slipped on higher interest costs for increased debt and a higher tax rate.

Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure. The firms' executives and other employees have contributed to Inouye's campaign committees since 1997.