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 …

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.

A Sypris Solutions subsidiary will build and demonstrate electronic power supply modules for a long-range precision-guided anti-ship missile system under a follow-on contract from a prime contractor working in support of the Department of Defense.

New Jersey-based Marotta Controls will produce an electromechanical technology that would help Boeing and the U.S. Navy demonstrate carrier-based supersonic weapons. Marotta said Tuesday it designed a control actuator system for the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet, a Navy-led project that aims to identify requirements for future weapons systems on aircraft carriers.

L3Harris Technologies demonstrated the capacity of a phased array antenna prototype to support the U.S. Space Force's Satellite Communications Network during a recent exercise at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.

Russell Bartlett, former president and CEO of Textron's airborne solutions business, has joined Kaman as the aerospace company's chief operating officer, responsible for business development and operational initiatives.

James McFadyen, formerly a vice president at Leonardo DRS' naval power systems group, has been named VP and general manager of the aftermarket business at Fairbanks Morse.

Astronics Test Systems and National Instruments have rolled out a set of PXI-based technology platforms the companies jointly developed for aerospace and defense test programs. NI said Tuesday the PXIe-6943 digital test instrument, PXIe-3352 rubidium clock source and PXIe-1209 pulse pattern generator employ software compatible with current VXI testing equipment as well as legacy offerings from multiple instrument vendors. The PXIe-6943 tool is …

Rockwell Collins has selected the VxWorks MILS Platform, made by Intel-owned subsidiary Wind River, to enable Rockwell Collins’ SecureOne Processor and SecureOne Guard, cross domain components that are part company’s line of high assurance technologies for military tactical systems. A Wind River statement says the MILS Platform was selected because its architecture …

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) took a momentous leap in transitioning the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to full-rate production with the March 1 launch of the firm’s integrated assembly line in Palmdale, Calif. In a ceremony for employees, company officials cut the ribbon on the new IAL and began using it …