NG: Japan Selects Northrop Grumman’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and RQ-4 Global Hawk

The Japan Ministry of Defense has selected two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) 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 … Dowiedz się więcej

High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Series Sets New Flight Record

Northrop Grumman’s unmanned aircraft in top notch form: The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series continued to prove their value to U.S. government agencies by flying more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission hours in one week … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Completes Center Fuselage for First Norwegian F-35 Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has completed – on budget and on schedule – the center fuselage for the first F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be ordered by Norway, a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant designated AM-1. The company celebrated the production milestone with a brief ceremony Dec. 4 at its Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Signs Global Hawk Sustainment Partnership with the US Air Force

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $306 million contract to continue logistics and sustainment services on the high altitude, long endurance (HALE) RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted autonomous unmanned aircraft intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. This contract comes on the heels of Global Hawk winning the Dr. James G. … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Reports for Duty

The U.S. Navy has declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, designed, developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). It is the newest and most technologically advanced variant of the venerable E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning command and control (AEW&C) platform. „This significant milestone is a result of the strong … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Scalable Agile Beam Radar Completes Design Reviews, Prepares for Delivery

Demonstrating the maturity of its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar technologies, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully concluded all engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) design reviews for the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) in just 12 months. Northrop Grumman’s AN/APG-83 SABR is a direct replacement for legacy F-16 radars and includes fifth-generation radar … Dowiedz się więcej