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Northrop Delivers Updated Mine Hunting Systems to Navy

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Northrop Grumman has produced and shipped the first two units of a new airborne technology for the U.S. Navy to detect and counter mines.

The AQS-24C system includes an in-stride volume search feature and is an updated variant of the AQS-24B, which the Navy implemented in 2017, Northrop said Wednesday.

The latest platform completed shipboard contractor government helicopter tests with an MH-53E aerial mine countermeasures helicopter, a milestone that signaled the start of production efforts.

Alan Lytle, vice president of Northrop's undersea systems business, said AQS-24C is designed to "keep sailors out of harm’s way and shorten the mine clearance timeline.”

The company will integrate AQS-24 technology onto a minehunting unit unmanned surface vehicle under a separate contract from the Navy.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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