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Northrop Grumman’s SABR Brings Fifth Generation Fighter Radar Capabilities to F-16 Aircraft

F-16 FA-94 BAF

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) designed for the F-16 fighter aircraft recently demonstrated its autonomous, all-environment precision targeting capability, which will enhance the aircraft’s mission capabilities.

The capability, known as Auto Target Cueing (ATC), uses high-definition synthetic… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman-Developed Multifunction Advanced Data Link Achieves Successful Flight Test Milestone for F-35 Program

First night take off F-35

Fifth-Generation Data Link Allows Coordinated Tactics and Engagement in High-Threat Environments

SAN DIEGO – April 23, 2013 –The Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) waveform developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) was successfully demonstrated in a Lockheed Martin F-35… Continue reading

Updated Laser Rangefinder/Designator From Northrop Grumman, DRS Technologies Completes Successful Flight Testing

 

Laser Rangefinder Designator

System Offers Range Finding and Targeting Functions for Laser-Guided Weapons With Increased Reliability and Reduced Power Consumption

APOPKA, Fla. – April 10, 2013 – Following flight testing at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz., the Mast Mounted Sight-Diode… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman Highlights E-2D Advanced Hawkeye at LIMA 2013, Malaysia

E-2D 163849

Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight its industry-leading global capabilities in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), by introducing the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the Malaysian market at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition.

LIMA 2013 will be held at… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman Introduces Advanced High-Resolution Sensors for Hawk Air Defense System

Hawk air defense system

Northrop Grumman Corporation has launched its Fourth Generation Tracking Adjunct Sensor (4G TAS), the latest upgrade to the company’s range of high-resolution electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors for the Hawk air defense system.

Northrop Grumman’s 4G TAS, the only approved EO/IR upgrade… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman to Produce More Fire Scouts for U.S. Navy

Firescout APKWS arming unmanned birdNorthrop Grumman

Next-Generation Unmanned Helicopter System Provides GreateThe U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Fire Scout endurance upgrade, designated the MQ-8C and based… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Joint STARS, Global Hawk Interoperability

Northrop Grumman Global Hawk US Air ForceNorthrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and the RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aircraft… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman to Begin Next Phase of Modernizing B-2 Defensive Systems

IMGP8358 Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit 82-1068 USAFNorthrop Grumman Corporation will help drive down costs and speed the availability of new hardware and software upgrades for the B-2 stealth bomber under a recently awarded contract from the U.S. Air Force.

The contract covers Technology Development (TD) Phase… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman Building Company-Owned Unmanned Aircraft for Navy’s Triton Program

BAMS MQ-4C Triton DTA wing mateSystem to be Used for Testing, Future Demonstration Efforts

Northrop Grumman Corporation is building a company-owned unmanned aircraft for use as a development and demonstration platform for at-sea surveillance under the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton program.

Triton provides a detailed… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman, Navy Select Telephonics Corporation to Provide Radar for Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial System

FFG-42 USS KlakringMQ-8B FIRESCOUT HSL-42 DET 2Wide-Area Search Capability Will Expand Operational Utility of Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Northrop Grumman Corporation, under contract to the U.S. Navy, has selected Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Long Island, N.Y., to provide… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman Delivers Global Hawks to U.S. Air Force

Northrop Grumman Global Hawk US Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Corporation has completed early delivery of two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Global Hawk allows military commanders to receive high-resolution imagery, survey vast geographic regions and pinpoint targets on the ground.

Both aircraft were… Continue reading

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Complete At-Sea Deck Handling Trials of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator

X-47B demonstrator completes sea trailsNorthrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).

The exercises, conducted from Nov.… Continue reading