DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) will help extend the viability of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter aircraft beyond 2025 and help ensure the F-16 remains a vital component of the nation’s fighter force structure. Skip Wagner, director of International Business Development and Strategy for Northrop Grumman’s ISR and Targeting Systems Division, provided […]https://www.defencetalk.com/scalable-agile-beam-radar-will-extend-viability-of-f-16s-beyond-2025-49147/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) has completed more than 25 flight tests of the U.S. Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system’s (UAS) primary maritime surveillance sensor in preparation for its installation on the aircraft. The company is conducting risk-reduction tests of the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) using a Gulfstream II surrogate aircraft off the California coast. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-maturing-key-triton-unmanned-aircraft-sensor-49129/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman has supplied the final batch of Platform Management System (PMS) hardware for the Royal Navy’s Astute-class series’ boat 5 submarine. Under a performance partnering arrangement, Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit supplied the PMS to BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines for installation on Astute Boat 5, Anson, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, U.K. The PMS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-delivers-platform-management-system-for-uk-royal-navys-astute-submarine-49048/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy got its first look at the upgraded MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned system when Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered its first MQ-8C system this month. Northrop Grumman is the Navy’s prime contractor for the MQ-8 Fire Scout program of record. The company delivered the first MQ-8C aircraft to the Navy in early July […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-upgraded-mq-8c-fire-scout-delivered-to-us-navy-48544/

DefenceTalkFollowing the decision earlier this year to proceed with full-rate production, the Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) a $113.7 million advance acquisition contract for long lead materials and related support for five full-rate production Lot 2 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. “This contract award, along with OSD’s full rate production decision, is a testament […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-awards-northrop-contract-for-e-2d-advanced-hawkeyes-48535/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman recently supported the successful test of the Minuteman III Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE) at NASA’s White Sands Testing Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. The PSRE is the liquid post-boost upper stage of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This was a designated product quality assurance (PQA) test, which is a full […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-supports-propulsion-system-rocket-engine-test-48346/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation has launched CUTLASS, its latest generation unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), expanding its range of industry-leading capabilities in unmanned systems for the remote handling and surveillance of hazardous threats. CUTLASS has been designed, developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman in the U.K., and includes significant advances in technology and performance and a range […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-launches-cutlass-next-generation-unmanned-ground-vehicle-47536/

DefenceTalkTo a pilot, a radar is only as useful as the information it provides, and Northrop Grumman’s Big SAR (synthetic aperture radar) mapping for the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) delivers the largest, sharpest radar images ever available in an F-16. The company’s SABR has successfully demonstrated several advanced radar capabilities for the F-16, including […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrops-sabr-gives-f-16-pilots-the-big-picture-47526/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation will display an array of global defense and security capabilities including marine navigation and unmanned ground systems at the Latin America Aerospace and Defence (LAAD) exhibition 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. LAAD is one of the leading trade shows for the defense and security industry in Latin America and specializes in capabilities […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-at-latin-america-aerospace-and-defense-2013-brazil-47419/

DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman Corporation’s (NOC) Common Imagery Processor (CIP) has demonstrated an important new capability by processing Global Hawk Block 40 data on the Distributed Common Ground System — Imagery (DCGS-I) test bed. A live flight event late last year marked the first time that Global Hawk Block 40 data was successfully received, processed and disseminated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-imagery-processor-global-hawk-data-on-test-bed-47158/