History of DS&T
In 1977, a small, privately-owned engineering company
known as PRB Associates, Inc. (PRB) opened its doors for business in
Southern Maryland. In the early years,
PRB began working on the development of the Tactical Support Centers
(TSC)
to support the Navy’s P-3 maritime surveillance aircraft. In
the early 80s, PRB
applied many of these same technologies and presented the U.S. Navy
with a concept for the design of a mission planning system for the new
generation of EA-6Bs. From this initial meeting, the Tactical EA-6B
Mission Support (TEAMS) system was born. Today, 20 years later, we are
still the prime contractor for both programs. In addition, the company
has established itself in other key defense technology areas such as
command and control, electronic warfare and intelligence information
processing.
In 1998, PRB became a publicly-traded company when it
was acquired by
Comptek Research, Inc. Known shortly thereafter as Comptek PRB
Associates, the company continued to expand its U.S. and Foreign
Military Sales markets. In August 2000, the Northrop Grumman
Corporation acquired Comptek Research. As a result of the merger, we
became Northrop Grumman Decision Support & Targeting
(DS&T), an Integrated Product Team (IPT) within the Integrated
Systems Sector's Airborne Early Warning and Electronic Warfare Systems
business area.
We are a growing company capitalizing on new technology and its
applications to
our nation’s defense. With over 24 years of experience in
systems and software
development and the rapid application of new technology, DS&T
will continue to provide the Department of Defense and our foreign
allies with superior products.
