Northrop Grumman's latest Total System Support Responsibility sustainment contract for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, now in its 16th year, enacts new cost-performance incentives that could encourage the company to manage life cycle support time and spending more effectively. "The Air Force and [Northrop Grumman] agreed upon a new award fee plan that took effect on Nov. 1," Col. Ray Wier, chief of the Battle Management Directorate's C2ISR division, wrote in a Nov. 7 email. "In this...