Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has delivered the fifth and last RQ-4D Phoenix under NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program. “The aircraft departed on Wednesday, Nov. 11 from Palmdale, California and landed nearly 20 hours later on Nov. 12 at Sigonella Air Base, Sigonella, Italy,” according to a сorporation news release. The air […]

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Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected Collins Aerospace Systems, a business unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., as part of nationwide team to support Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Collins Aerospace Systems will play a key role in modernizing our nation’s current intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system under a contract awarded by prime contractor Northrop Grumman […]

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On Monday, Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that in collaboration with Boeing recently conducted two flight tests on a test bed aircraft, once again marrying the OMS-compliant battle management command and control (BMC2) system to Northrop Grumman’s advanced, wide-band active electronically scanned array (AESA). For the demonstrations, an advanced Northrop Grumman wideband AESA sensor was […]

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Northrop Grumman has reported that the U.S. Army in partnership whit the corporation has deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in South Korea, advancing battlespace awareness and missile defense in the region. This new site will enable JTAGS to provide a viable and operationally effective in-theater missile warning capability for U.S. Armed Forces […]

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U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman has announced that it has initiated the build process for Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft. According to a press release issued Wednesday by Northrop Grumman, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft will bring Australia an unprecedented amount of maritime domain awareness. “The MQ-4C Triton will […]

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Textron Systems, an aerospace and defense development and manufacturing unit of the Textron conglomerate, has been awarded a contract to support work on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile system. According to a company statement, this scope of work is part of a larger award by the U.S. Air Force to prime contractor Northrop Grumman. […]

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Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, continues strong performance against highly challenging targets during live-fire test. NG released a statement on Thursday saying that the U.S. Army successfully intercepted a high-performance, high-speed tactical ballistic missile target and a cruise missile target during a flight test using the IBCS. The […]

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The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that Remotec, a business unit of Northrop Grumman, won a $48 million for a contract for the reset, sustainment, maintenance and recap to support the overall sustainment actions of the Remotec family of robots. Remotec designed the lighter, faster, stronger and more intelligent unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for […]