Whistleblower lawsuit nets $2.4M civilian reward

Allen Davis was working as a quality assurance manager at Northrop Grumman Corp. in Salt Lake City when he noticed what he thought was neglect in testing certain electronic parts used in navigation systems for U.S. military planes, helicopters and spacecraft. He blew the whistle on the company. In 2006 he filed a lawsuit on the government's behalf as allowed under the federal False Claims Act.