DefenceTalkThe U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract for the support of Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground Subsystems. Northrop Grumman is the sole award recipient for the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract that is worth $963.5 million, with an initial award value of approximately $4.4 million. The work will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-receives-icbm-sub-system-support-contract-62017/

DefenceTalkThe Japan Ministry of Defense has selected two Northrop Grumman Corporation systems to enhance its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Under a process known as type selection, the Japanese government chose the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system to help maintain the country’s sovereignty. Type selection […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-to-buy-northrop-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-and-rq-4-global-hawk-uav-61997/

DefenceTalkDelivering on its commitment to protect the nation’s warfighters with secure, affordable satellite communications in an increasing threat environment, Northrop Grumman (NOC) will feature three variants of protected low-cost terminals (LCTs) at MILCOM 2014. The annual conference is being held at the Baltimore Convention Center and attracts military and government experts to discuss the latest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-debuts-low-cost-terminals-to-protect-us-warfighters-60717/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse of the future of carrier aviation on Aug. 17 by conducting a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), using an X-47B Unmanned Air System (UCAS) and an F/A-18 Hornet. The flights – the first time manned and unmanned […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-us-navy-integrate-manned-unmanned-flight-operations-60376/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter for the first time. The capability demonstrates how a mix of aircraft can increase a ship commander’s intelligence-gathering capabilities aboard the Littoral Combat Ship. The flight tests took place May 12, aboard the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fire-scout-uav-seahawk-tested-on-lcs-1-59885/

DefenceTalkRotary Bat incorporates latest autonomous control, intelligence gathering technologies Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., have agreed to work together to develop and market an innovative small, unmanned autonomous helicopter system. Called the Rotary Bat (R-Bat), the new system merges a proven airframe produced by Yamaha, with the latest autonomous control […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-yamaha-motor-collaborate-on-unmanned-helicopter-system-59515/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman has designed, developed, integrated and fielded a Mode S upgrade to the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) interrogator for the Sentry E-3D Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet based at Royal Air Force Waddington. The IFF interrogator is a sophisticated airborne defence system that provides a long-range, rapid early warning and detection […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-delivers-mode-s-upgrade-for-the-uks-sentry-awacs-system-59511/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Marine Corps has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) to provide electronic jamming backpack systems to counter the threat of roadside improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Under the Counter Radio-controlled IED Electronic Warfare Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operation Capable, or CREW MEU (SOC), contract, Northrop Grumman will deliver and support five initial production systems for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-to-provide-dismounted-ied-jammers-for-us-marines-59457/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman will build five additional U.S. Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, which allow ship commanders to extend their intelligence-gathering capabilities far beyond the horizon. Final assembly of the aircraft will take place at the company’s Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss. The MQ-8C is based on a larger helicopter airframe that provides […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-to-build-five-more-mq-8c-fire-scouts-for-the-us-navy-59265/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for purchase and sustainment of its embedded global positioning/inertial navigation systems (EGI). Under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a potential value of up to $200 million, Northrop Grumman’s suite of fiber-optic gyro-based navigation systems are available for the U.S. Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-awarded-us-military-contract-for-navigation-systems-58780/