Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed a major U.S. Air Force review of a new software upgrade for the B-2 stealth bomber. The upgrade is part of the Air Force’s Flexible Strike Phase 1 program. It is the first step in a process that will help increase the jet’s mission capabilities and reduce its … Dowiedz się więcej
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a low-rate initial production contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver FlightPro™ Gen III mission computers in support of AH-1Z and UH-1Y Marine Corps helicopters. Under the $10.6 million contract, Northrop Grumman will provide mission computers for H-1 helicopter flight tests, system integration laboratories and training. The lightweight … Dowiedz się więcej
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has selected the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) team to receive the 2013 Robert J. Collier Trophy, aviation’s highest honor. Comprised of leaders in government, business and industry, the NAA voting committee awarded the U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and industry partners for „developing and demonstrating the first … Dowiedz się więcej
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) continued its record of shipping Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite payload modules ahead of schedule when the fourth arrived Feb. 11, nearly two months early, at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., AEHF system prime contractor. Complex phased array and nulling antennas, along with the advanced crosslinks, will be shipped … Dowiedz się więcej
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) 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 … Dowiedz się więcej
Firma Northrop Grumman poinformowała o zakończonych sukcesem próbach naziemnych aparatów RQ-4 Global Hawk. Do eksperymentów doszło w Beale Air Force Base w Kalifornii. Celem przeprowadzonych badań było potwierdzenie możliwości transmisji danych poprzez dodatkowe łącze komunikacji satelitarnej (SATCOM) mające na celu poprawę transmisji danych misji. Współpracując z wojskowymi firma potwierdziła, ze Global Hawk jest kompatybilny z … Dowiedz się więcej