Northrop Grumman Delivers 150th Center Fuselage for F-35 Lightning II

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has marked another significant production milestone for the F-35 Lightning II program by delivering its 150th center fuselage to F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The center fuselage is the core structure around which the aircraft is built. Designated AF-68, the center fuselage was delivered June 2. It is the … Dowiedz się więcej

Unmanned Aircraft Series Sets Record for Mission Hours Flown in One Week

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, set a new record for mission hours flown in one week, logging 665 hours flying operational and exercise missions during the week ending Feb. 23. In 2013, Global Hawk flew an average … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Fifth- to Fourth-Generation Aircraft Communications Capabilities During Flight Tests

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has built and demonstrated a unique communications capability for the U.S. Department of Defense that enables fifth-generation aircraft to share information through existing data links with fourth-generation fighters to improve situational awareness and combat effectiveness. The F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II are the world’s only operational fifth-generation stealth aircraft; … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Achieves Delivery Milestone for LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered its 5,000th LCR-100 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), which provides critical flight control and navigation data regarding an aircraft’s position, heading and attitude for civil and military rotary- and fixed-wing platforms. Northrop Grumman products, including the LCR‑100 AHRS, will be showcased at the ILA Berlin Air Show … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Delivers Mode S Upgrade for the UK’s Sentry E-3D AWACS Mission System

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) 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 … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Upgrades Air Traffic Communication System at IWM Duxford

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced that its U.K.-based air traffic management systems subsidiary Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has upgraded the air traffic control voice communication system at IWM Duxford by providing it with a future-proof Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability. A long-standing supporter of the IWM Duxford, Northrop Grumman Park Air … Dowiedz się więcej