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  • Report: Navy to Test EW Swarm Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy to Test EW Swarm Drones

    The U.S. Navy is working with Northrop Grumman and VX Aerospace to test the use of swarm tactics with electronic warfare drones by fall 2019, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday. The service branch intends to employ small drones to expand the coverage of searches for enemy signal emissions as part of a project dubbed Remedy. VX Aerospace has developed a small unmanned aircraft system designed to fit in munition canisters that would launch from larger aircraft.

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  • Northrop, VX Aerospace Offer UAV Platform for Navy's Manned-Unmanned Teaming Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, VX Aerospace Offer UAV Platform for Navy’s Manned-Unmanned Teaming Effort

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with VX Aerospace on a proposal to equip the U.S. Navy‘s updated E/A-18G Growler aircraft with a canister-launched unmanned air vehicle platform, Flightglobal reported Thursday. JJ Thompson, naval aviation campaign director at Northrop’s mission systems business, told Flightglobal the service branch has expressed interest in adopting the Dash X UAV for a potential manned-unmanned teaming effort with the […] More