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Lawsuit alleges Northrop defrauded U.S. over anti-missile contract
Source: Reuters
Lawsuit alleges Northrop defrauded U.S. over anti-missile contract
WASHINGTON Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:00pm EST
(Reuters) - A lawsuit by a former Northrop Grumman employee alleges that the defense contractor defrauded the U.S. government over a contract to provide commercial airliners with a missile defense system.
The suit, which was originally filed in 2009 by Leo Danilides, was unsealed in federal district court in Chicago on Thursday. The U.S. Justice Department said in a separate filing it was not joining in the action.
The suit was filed under the False Claims Act, which lets people collect rewards for blowing the whistle on fraud against the government.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract involved an effort called the Counter-MANPADS program, designed to protect civilian airliners after an unsuccessful shoulder-fired missile attack against an Israeli airplane taking off from Mombasa, Kenya, in 2002.
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WASHINGTON Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:00pm EST
(Reuters) - A lawsuit by a former Northrop Grumman employee alleges that the defense contractor defrauded the U.S. government over a contract to provide commercial airliners with a missile defense system.
The suit, which was originally filed in 2009 by Leo Danilides, was unsealed in federal district court in Chicago on Thursday. The U.S. Justice Department said in a separate filing it was not joining in the action.
The suit was filed under the False Claims Act, which lets people collect rewards for blowing the whistle on fraud against the government.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract involved an effort called the Counter-MANPADS program, designed to protect civilian airliners after an unsuccessful shoulder-fired missile attack against an Israeli airplane taking off from Mombasa, Kenya, in 2002.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/31/us-northropgrumman-lawsuit-idUSBREA0U05J20140131