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Northrop to Develop Tech to Recharge Underwater Unmanned Vehicles
February 12, 2020 @ 09:13 PMNorthrop Grumman will manufacture niobium-based connectors (NiobiCon) that will allow passage of electricity to enable recharging of underwater unmanned vehicles. "Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed its first non-exclusive agreement to manufacture niobium-based connectors (NiobiCon) specifically designed for harsh environments," the company said in a statement Wednesday
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Northrop Begins Manufacture of AQS-24B Minehunting System Parts in Australia
February 8, 2020 @ 09:47 AMNorthrop Grumman Corporation has started to manufacture components of the AQS-24B towed minehunting system with Marand Precision Engineering in Australia, at their Moorabbin, Victoria facility. The AQS-24 minehunting system includes an operational High Speed Synthetic Aperture Sonar (HSSAS) and an optical laser line scan sensor
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US Navy Orders Two MQ-4C Triton Drones
February 7, 2020 @ 08:07 AMThe United States Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $172.4 million order to supply two MQ-4 Triton drones
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Northrop to Integrate Sonar System onto L3Harris Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
February 4, 2020 @ 08:13 PMNorthrop Grumman will integrate its µSAS sonar system onto L3Harris Technologies Iver4 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) for a 12-month test period for the Defense Innovation Units (DIU) Next Generation Small-Class UUV program. The DIU is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) organization founded to help the US military make faster use of emerging commercial technologies
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South Korean Military Sets up Reconnaissance Squadron for Global Hawk Ops
January 31, 2020 @ 11:37 AMThe South Korean Air Force has set up a reconnaissance squadron charged with operating the high altitude-long range surveillance drone, Global Hawk. The new military unit was established in December as South Korea brought in its first RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) that month, the defence ministry announced
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Northrop’s MQ-4C Triton UAV to Provide Ship-level Surveillance to US Navy...
January 28, 2020 @ 07:16 AMNorthrop Grummans MQ-4C Triton surveillance UAV will allow the United States Navy to detect, track, classify and identify vessels on the ocean or in the littorals in some of the worlds busiest shipping lanes. The MQ-4C Triton is considered the most advanced surveillance platform with the US Navy which can track even small ships and relay their information to the US Navy for further action
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Northrop Completes Initial In-water Testing of Mine Hunting Sonar
January 7, 2020 @ 10:46 AMNorthrop Grummans AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of AQS-24B Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload. Operated from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), the AQS-24 D&R demonstrated the unmanned operations needed to perform a mine hunting mission off the MCM Mission Package aboard the littoral combat ship (LCS), Northrop said in a
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Northrop Delivers 1000th AGM-88E Anti-Radiation Guided Missile
December 16, 2019 @ 03:28 PMNorthrop Grumman has delivered the 1000th AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) supersonic, air-launched tactical missile system to the US Navy. A ceremony at the Northrop Grumman production facility in Northridge, California, commemorated the occasion, the company said in a statement
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US Army tests New Air, Missile Defense Battle Command System
December 13, 2019 @ 05:24 AMNorthrop Grummans Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) meant for the US Army has been tested, during which it engaged two incoming target cruise missiles. The IAMD Battle Command System has been touted to be the first real-competitor to the Russian S-400/Pantsir IMAD system
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Northrop To Setup Satellite System to Track Advanced Missile Threats
December 3, 2019 @ 05:31 AMNorthrop Grumman has been selected to set up a satellite system to track advanced missile threats under Missile Defense Agencys (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program. “Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected as one of four Other Transaction Authority awards for the Phase IIa Prototype Payload Design and Signal-chain Processing Demonstration of the MDAs HBTSS program,” Northrop said in a
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MBDA Missile & Saab’s Radar System Integrated Into Northrop IAMD Battle Command...
November 27, 2019 @ 09:52 AMEuropean MBDAs Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMM) and Saabs Giraffe radar systems have been integrated into Northrop Grummans Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). CAMM was the first non-US missile system to be demonstrated with IBCS earlier this year, and Giraffe represents the first non-US sensor system to be demonstrated, Northrop said in a
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Northrop Delivers 500th AESA Radar for F-35 fighter
November 8, 2019 @ 08:20 AMNorthrop Grumman has delivered its 500th AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) fire control radar for the F-35 Lightning II. The AN/APG-81 radar has long-range active and passive air-to-air and air-to-ground modes that support different missions
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Germany to Modernize Army’s NH90 Flight Simulators
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BAE Systems’ Solar-Powered Maritime Surveillance Drone Makes First Flight
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DARPA to Begin Work on “Gunslinger” Missile & Gun System in 2021
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India finalises $5.46B deal for 83 Tejas Jets
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Russian Navy Amassing Battleships in Mediterranean
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Indonesia Seeks Rafale Jets, Submarines, Warships in Defence Cooperation Deal with France
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Sea Ceptor Supersonic Missile Defence System Offered to Indian Navy
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GA-ASI Demos Multi-Domain Operations Using Gray Eagle ER Drone
January 22, 2020
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