Northrop Grumman has received approval from the U.S. Air Force to begin production on its Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) Support System (JSS), the company announced Jan. 5.
    After integration with other air and space operations center systems, JSS will be deployed to as many as 26 Air Force and joint military sites worldwide. The JSS system also received U.S. military certification that is required to interoperate with U.S. and allied data link networks and permits JSS to connect with U.S. classified networks.
    Northrop Grumman is delivering 42 JSS systems, 160 workstations, spares, training and support for fielding and logistics under a contract awarded by the Air Force Electronic Systems Center in 2005.