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  • Northrop Puts Digital Wideband AESA Sensor Through Follow-On Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Puts Digital Wideband AESA Sensor Through Follow-On Flight Test

    Northrop Grumman has conducted another flight test of its wideband sensor technology designed with an open mission systems architecture to support electronic warfare, sensing, communications and early warning radar systems.  The Terracotta active electronically scanned array exhibited simultaneous performance of both active and passive modes for radio frequency identification, the company said Tuesday. Paul Kalafos, […] More

  • Northrop Teams Up With Harris, Comtech PST to Demo Jammer Tech for Navy Growlers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Teams Up With Harris, Comtech PST to Demo Jammer Tech for Navy Growlers

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with Harris and a Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary to demonstrate existing jammer systems for integration into the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday it formed the team after it received in October a potential 20-month, $35M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to support the service’s Next Generation […] More

  • Northrop Completes 1st Flight Test of Panel-Based Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes 1st Flight Test of Panel-Based Sensor

    Northrop Grumman evaluated the performance of its modular panel-based sensor technology during an exercise conducted in April at the company’s flight test facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The multifunction surveillance system functioned both on ground moving target indicator radar mode and on synthetic aperture radar mapping mode as part of the maiden flight, Northrop said Tuesday. The sensor is designed to integrate with new modes and technologies built to […] More

  • Northrop Launches AESA Radar for US Air Force B-1B Bombers; Paul Kalafos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches AESA Radar for US Air Force B-1B Bombers; Paul Kalafos Comments

    Northrop Grumman has launched an active electronically scanned array radar it built for the B-1B Lancer bomber of the U.S. Air Force under the Radar Modernization Improvement Program. The company said Wednesday it designed the Scalable Agile Beam Radar – Global Strike AESA system to generate digital maps and advanced images to support B-1B bombers’ […] More