[PAR] [TLE] Northrop Grumman [SEP] Northrop Grumman Corporation () is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by Northrop's 1994 purchase of Grumman.  The company was named as the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world in 2015.  Northrop Grumman employs over 68,000 people worldwide.  It reported revenues of $23.526 billion in 2015.  Northrop Grumman ranks No. 124 on the 2015 Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations and ranks in the top ten military-friendly employers.  It is headquartered in West Falls Church, Virginia. [PAR] [TLE] VPX [SEP] VPX was originally defined by American Logic Machines Inc (ALM) as a scalable backplane technology.  The VPX3264, VPX3232 bridge chips and the scalable backplane were based on VPX.  VPX technology was presented at bus&board (VITA) in 2004.  ALM continues to build custom chipsets for clients including VME-to-PCIX, VME-to-Futurebus+ and other custom scalable backplane technologies.  VPX, formerly known as VITA 46, is an ANSI standard (ANSI/VITA 46.0-2007) that provides VMEbus-based systems with support for switched fabrics over a new high speed connector.  Defined by the VITA (VME International Trade Association) working group (composed of companies such as ADLINK, Aitech, Boeing, Curtiss-Wright, Elma Electronic, Extreme Engineering (X-ES), GE Intelligent Platforms, Kontron, Mercury Computer Systems, Pentek, Cornet Technology, Inc., and Northrop Grumman), it has been designed specifically with defense applications in mind, with an enhanced module standard that enables applications and platforms with superior performance.  VPX retains VME's existing 6U and 3U Eurocard form factors, supporting existing PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) and XMC mezzanines (PMC with high-speed serial fabric interconnect), and maintaining the maximum possible compatibility with VMEbus.
[PAR] [TLE] Northrop Grumman [ SEP ] Northrop Grumman Corporation ( ) is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by Northrop 's 1994 purchase of Grumman . The company was named as the fifth - largest defense contractor in the world in 2015 . Northrop Grumman employs over 68,000 people worldwide . It reported revenues of $ 23.526 billion in 2015 . Northrop Grumman ranks No . 124 on the 2015 Fortune 500 list of America 's largest corporations and ranks in the top ten military - friendly employers . It is headquartered in West Falls Church , Virginia . [PAR] [TLE] VPX [ SEP ] VPX was originally defined by American Logic Machines Inc ( ALM ) as a scalable backplane technology . The VPX3264 , VPX3232 bridge chips and the scalable backplane were based on VPX . VPX technology was presented at bus&board ( VITA ) in 2004 . ALM continues to build custom chipsets for clients including VME - to - PCIX , VME - to - Futurebus+ and other custom scalable backplane technologies . VPX , formerly known as VITA 46 , is an ANSI standard ( ANSI / VITA 46.0 - 2007 ) that provides VMEbus - based systems with support for switched fabrics over a new high speed connector . Defined by the VITA ( VME International Trade Association ) working group ( composed of companies such as ADLINK , Aitech , Boeing , Curtiss - Wright , Elma Electronic , Extreme Engineering ( X - ES ) , GE Intelligent Platforms , Kontron , Mercury Computer Systems , Pentek , Cornet Technology , Inc. , and Northrop Grumman ) , it has been designed specifically with defense applications in mind , with an enhanced module standard that enables applications and platforms with superior performance . VPX retains VME 's existing 6U and 3U Eurocard form factors , supporting existing PCI Mezzanine Card ( PMC ) and XMC mezzanines ( PMC with high - speed serial fabric interconnect ) , and maintaining the maximum possible compatibility with VMEbus .
What company was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world in 2015 and is part of the VITA working group?
What company was the fifth - largest defense contractor in the world in 2015 and is part of the VITA working group ?
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman