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Northrop Highlights ISR Capabilities at Aero India 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation is highlighting its industry-leading range of capabilities in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) including airborne early warning and control systems for maritime reconnaissance, fire control radars and unmanned aerial vehicles, at the Aero India 2011 exhibition and air show. Aero India, organised by the Defence Exhibition Organisation, Ministry of Defence and managed [...]
Northrop Responds To Federal Agency Needs For Stronger Cloud Security
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a new methodology for strengthening data security in the “cloud” at the recent 6th Annual SANS Institute Cyber Defense Initiative conference. Northrop Grumman introduced its Cyber Architecture Reference Series, an approach to building in strong security measures in the highly vulnerable world of public/private clouds – or hybrid clouds – storage [...]
Hunter UAS Reaches 100k Flight Hours Operational Milestone
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 flight hours in service, more than 72,000 of which were flown in combat. The MQ-5B Hunter, which is currently deployed supporting contingency operations across the globe, provides warfighters with state-of-the-art reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition (RSTA), communications [...]
Fire-X Vertical Unmanned Aircraft Successfully Completes First Flight
SAN DIEGO: Fire-X, a vertical unmanned air system (VUAS) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, completed its first fully autonomous flight Dec. 10 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., less than one year after development began. “The speed which Fire-X was developed shows that a low-risk, fast-track solution can be safely [...]
Force Multiplier Capability Of Aegis Demonstrated
The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites recently showed the ability of the space-based sensors to maximize defended areas through earlier tracking of missiles, thus allowing quicker launches by interceptors, known as a “force multiplier” capability. The two missile defense satellites, built by Northrop Grumman as the prime contractor and Raytheon as the [...]
Northrop Demos Airborne IED Detection
BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) demonstrated it can detect simulated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in a recently completed U.S. Army evaluation of the end to end system. The system was flown on the Northrop Grumman Corporation -owned MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned air system. ASTAMIDS’ laser also demonstrated its [...]
Fire Scout UAV Operates Across the US
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER: Across the United States, the Navy’s Fire Scout Vertical Take-Off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle took the skies, operating in four different locations ashore and afloat, Nov.18. Over the course of one day, teams from the Navy and industry partner Northrop Grumman tested the aircraft at Webster Field, [...]
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade HD-1 Fleet Counter-IED Robot
CLINTON, Tenn.: Northrop Grumman Corporation subsidiary Remotec Inc. will upgrade the U.S. Air Force fleet of Andros HD-1 unmanned ground vehicles to help counter evolving threats from improvised explosive devices (IED). The Air Force Air Combat Command awarded Remotec a sole-source, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to upgrade as many as 173 systems over the [...]
Northrop Begins Flight Testing New B-2 EHF Satcom Hardware
EDWARDS AFB, Calif.: Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun flight testing the new computing hardware and communications infrastructure that will eventually allow the B-2 stealth bomber to send and receive battlefield information by satellite more than 100 times faster than today. Since Sept. 1, the company has conducted a series of test flights using a B-2 [...]
