"Defense Knowledge Online represents Northrop Grumman's commitment to providing critical information systems and secure solutions to support our nation's defense and security," said Tom Shelman, president of Northrop Grumman IT's Defense group. "Defense Knowledge Online is a marquee example of adopting and adapting a best practice across the Defense Department, resulting in expanded capabilities, reduced total cost of ownership and increased efficiencies." "We will expand on the successes of the Army Knowledge Online program by enabling Defense Knowledge Online capabilities across the joint community," said Catherine Kuenzel, vice president of Enterprise Infrastructure Services and Solutions for Northrop Grumman IT. DKO will provide relevant information and applications to the warfighter and other government users through a secure service-oriented framework to help them perform missions more effectively. In partnership with the U.S Department of Defense DKO program office, Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT) sector is leading the evolution to a service-oriented architecture enabling the Defense Department to leverage common critical applications and infrastructure services to meet mission and operational requirements for forces worldwide. Effective today, the seamless transition was completed between the legacy AKO contractor, Cherry Road Technologies, and Northrop Grumman. 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has assumed duties of the Lead Service Integrator for Army Knowledge Online (AKO)/Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) system engineering, operations, and maintenance tasks.
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