Cygnus Receives Northrop Grumman F/A-18 Performance Excellence Award
February 13, 2007 Ponderay, ID. - Cygnus, Inc. has been presented with Northrop Grumman Corporation's 2006 F/A-18 Program Manager's Award for Excellence for delivering outstanding support to the F/A-18 aircraft program in the areas of quality, cost and schedule performance.
Cygnus representatives accepted the award at a ceremony conducted Jan 23 at Northrop Grumman's F/A-18 manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif. George Vardoulakis, vice president of tactical systems for F/A-18 programs for Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector, made the presentation.
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"Throughout 2006, the Cygnus team provided exceptional delivery and cost performance in spite of increasing challenges with the raw material and labor markets," said Vardoulakis. "Their quality performance has been outstanding, with an average of 99.995 percent hardware acceptance rating. Their on-time delivery performance has remained at 99.86 percent, ensuring uninterrupted operations for our F/A-18 program."
"The employees of Cygnus are honored to receive this award and proud of their positive contributions to the F/A-18 program," said Jack Ambrosiani, president of Cygnus. "Our long-standing commitment to deliver without compromise to our customers is the foundation of our success. We're pleased to have Northrop Grumman as a preferred customer and partner."
Cygnus has been one of Northrop Grumman's top ranked suppliers for more than a decade, supporting the company's work on the F/A-18 program, the Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system, and the F-35 Lightning II program.
"As an extension of our team, the Cygnus team is commended for its outstanding support of our strategies to grow our business and create our future," added Vardoulakis.
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