The Northrop Grumman-led Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) consortium bidding for the NATO alliance ground surveillance contract has signed workshare agreements with member states the Czech Republic and Hungary. The project will be managed by aerospace companies: MESIT will handle the Czech share and MOD the Hungarian share. TIPS, which includes EADS, Galileo Avionica, General Dynamics, Indraand Thales, says it will announce more workshare agreements over the next few weeks before submitting its formal proposal to NATOl ater this month. TIPS will compete against CTAS, which includes AMS, BAE Systems and Raytheon.
Source: Flight International
