The Department of Defense has given Northrop Grumman the green light to produce a software-defined anti-air and missile threat system following a Milestone C decision that required amounts of development and testing work between the company and the U.S. Army.
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Army’s Northrop-Built Integrated Battle Command System Gets Green Light for Production
The Integrated Battle Command System that Northrop Grumman developed for the U.S. Army to help link warfighters and sensors across the battlefield has been cleared by the Department of Defense for low-rate initial production, Defense News reported Wednesday.
Read More »Northrop Gets $325M USAF Contract to Support Joint STARS
Northrop Grumman has secured a $325 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue its support of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). “The overall modification and sustainment work will ensure continuous safety and system readiness for the E-8C fleet against evolving threat environments,” said Janice Zilch, vice president of manned airborne surveillance programs at Northrop Grumman.
Read More »Lockheed Taps Northrop, BAE to Equip F-35 With Comms, Navigation, EW Systems
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to enable new functionality that supports the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II multi-role fighter. BAE Systems is also part of the collaborative agreement. Northrop, Lockheed and BAE will equip the fighter jet with Northrop’s AN/ASQ-242 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Identification (ICNI) and BAE’s AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM) system to deliver optimal operational utility.
Read More »Northrop’s Cygnus to Kick Off ‘SharkSat’ Tech Demo Upon Departure From ISS
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to depart the International Space Station and host a two-week demonstration of the SharkSat payload once it leaves the ISS. SharkSat is intended to test and demonstrate multiprocessor systems, digital receivers, integrated circuits and other electronic components to facilitate the development of a Ka-band software defined radio that could have potential applications in 5G, space-to-ground and space-to-space communications.
Read More »Northrop Resupply Spacecraft to Depart ISS Next Week, Conduct Secondary Orbital Mission
NASA expects Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft to leave the International Space Station Jan. 6 following the delivery of almost 8K pounds of crew supplies, commercial technology and scientific experiments.
Read More »Northrop to Deliver Global Hawk UAS Spare Parts to Japan
Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has secured a $37.7M contract to provide spare parts for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems to the government of Japan.
Read More »Northrop Helps Relocate NASA Chandra Observatory Control Hub
Northrop Grumman has worked with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the Smithsonian Institution to transfer the operations control center of the orbiting Chandra space telescope to a facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, from its previous location near Harvard University's campus in Cambridge.
Read More »Navy Eyes January Release of Rapid-Attack Weapon RFP; Northrop to Offer Lightweight Torpedo
The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals in January to help field a next-generation lightweight torpedo concept as part of the service’s compact rapid attack weapon program, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.
Read More »Northrop Secures $54M Air Force UAS Repair, Engineering Contract
Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has received a potential seven-year, $53.7M indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide component repair services for the U.S. Air Force's high-altitude remotely piloted aircraft.
Read More »Northrop Wins Potential $250M Navy Production Contract for Coyote Target Missiles
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $250 million production contract by the U.S. Navy to deliver up to 103 GQM-163A “Coyote” supersonic sea-skimming target (SSST) vehicles. Northrop Grumman’s contract has a base value of $57 million that provides for 19 Coyote vehicles. “The Coyote is the only supersonic sea skimming target in production in the U.S.,” said Rich Straka, vice president of launch vehicles at Northrop Grumman.
Read More »Northrop Invests in AI-Based Radio Transceiver Developer Deepwave Digital
Northrop Grumman has made an investment in Deepwave Digital and partnered with the company to advance research-and-development work on artificial intelligence to enhance communications processing capability.
Read More »Northrop Sends Spacecraft Bus to AFRL for ‘Arachne’ Solar-Beaming Research Mission
Northrop Grumman has delivered a spacecraft bus to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in support of the Arachne program aimed at demonstrating power-beaming systems in low-Earth orbit by 2024.
Read More »Northrop Books $73M USAF Contract to Update Missile Remote Visual Assessment Tech
Northrop Grumman has received a $73.2M delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to incorporate new capabilities into a remote visual assessment tool in support of the Minuteman III missile's production and deployment.
Read More »Northrop Delivers ‘Digital Cockpit’ Update for Army’s UH-60V Helicopters Ahead of Initial Flights
Northrop Grumman has shipped the latest version of an avionics suite with digital cockpit features to support the U.S. Army’s fleet of UH-60V Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters, Inside Defense reported Wednesday.
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