Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system deployed for the first time Jan. 26, to provide military commanders in the Pacific greater maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data to inform critical decision-making in one of the most strategically important regions in the world. “This is a significant milestone in the MQ-4C Triton program,” […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a $70 million, 28-month contract on Nov. 6, 2019 to transform the software development process for the U.S. Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) to an agile development framework. Under the contract, awarded by the Aviation Missile Technology Consortium (AMTC), Northrop Grumman and the U.S. […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully operated the AQS-24 minehunting sonar at depths greater than 400 feet during system testing off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Embarked on the M/V Richard Becker, the Northrop Grumman test team demonstrated reliable AQS-24 system operations with excellent sonar performance at all tested depths, while using the system to classify […]

DefenceTalkUS defense group Northrop Grumman will buy out the rocket and missile maker Orbital ATK in a deal worth $9.2 billion, the firms said on Monday. The announcement comes around two weeks after industrial conglomerate United Technologies acquired aerospace supplier Rockwell Collins in a $30 billion deal. “Northrop Grumman will acquire Orbital ATK for approximately […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-to-buy-space-firm-orbital-for-9-2-bn-70492/

DefenceTalkUS defense group Northrop Grumman is poised to buy out smaller rival Orbital ATK in a deal worth $7.5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal, which comes around two weeks after industrial conglomerate United Technologies acquired aerospace supplier Rockwell Collins in a $30 billion deal, could be formalized by Monday, the paper […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northtrop-grumman-poised-to-buy-orbital-report-70470/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade. Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 U.S. Air National Guard F-16s to meet a U.S. Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense. “AESA radar upgrades are critically important […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-selects-the-northrop-apg-83-sabr-for-f-16-aesa-radar-upgrade-70143/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation, in partnership with the U.S. Army Prototype Integration Facility and prime contractor Redstone Defense Systems, has successfully completed the first flight of the UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter. Northrop Grumman provided the Integrated Avionics Suite for the UH-60V, which upgrades the U.S. Army’s UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters with a digital cockpit, under a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uh-60v-black-hawk-completes-first-flight-69138/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman has successfully completed the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye equipped with aerial refueling (AR). Under a 2013 engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) contract award, Northrop Grumman designed, developed, manufactured, and tested several sub-system upgrades necessary to accommodate an aerial refueling capability. “The Northrop Grumman aerial refueling team continues to put outstanding […]https://www.defencetalk.com/e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-with-new-aerial-refueling-capability-completes-first-flight-68686/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation delivered the first Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) missile defense systems to the U.S. Army earlier this year. The systems were delivered under an engineering and manufacturing development contract awarded in 2015 to produce the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend against man-portable air-defense systems and other heat-seeking munitions. Prior to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-delivers-first-circm-systems-to-us-army-68298/

DefenceTalkU.S. Army soldiers have executed a successful dual engagement flight test of the Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) to identify, track, engage and defeat ballistic and cruise missile targets. Building upon previous successful flight tests, the April 8 event validated the ability of IBCS to manage multiple […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-destroys-missile-targets-in-ibcs-test-67280/