Northrop Grumman has secured a task order to help the Department of Defense convert the U.S. Air Force’s EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft into a hypersonic system testing technology. The aerospace and defense contractor said Monday it will start engineering and planning work under the DOD Test Resource Management Center’s SkyRange program and will […] More

Northrop Grumman has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force to enable flight rerouting for the military service branch’s RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system. The company said Monday it will apply the Dynamic Mission Operations or DYNAMO software update designed to allow for in-flight rerouting. According to Northop, the function allows operators to […] More

Northrop Grumman has conducted the inaugural flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle the company built to help the Japanese military collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data in real time. Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk took off Thursday from a company facility in Palmdale, California, the company said Friday

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NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance force has achieved initial operating capability of a Northrop Grumman-made unmanned aircraft system designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Northrop said Thursday its RQ-4D Phoenix Global Hawk aircraft gained Supreme Allied Commander Europe's approval for the IOC, allowing NATO to use the aircraft year-round.

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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.

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The U.S. Air Force has received Northrop Grumman-built sensor and camera technologies in a push to modernize the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the service branch and the geographic combatant commands.

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Northrop Grumman and NASA have completed flight control testing of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system at the Grand Sky testing facility in North Dakota.

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Northrop Grumman  plans to increase the production of MQ-4C Triton and RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles to 12 UAVs per year at its Site 7 facilities in Palmdale, Calif., as it expects to see a rise in demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, FlightGlobal reported Thursday.

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Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business has received a $65M subcontract from Northrop Grumman to help sustain and secure the ground control segment of U.S. Air Force remotely piloted aircraft.

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Northrop Grumman has delivered an RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node to the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it developed BACN to translate and distribute voice communications and other battlespace information from multiple sources to disparate users and networks. BACN is designed to also integrate with the Bombardier BD-700 aircraft and has […] More

UltiSat has secured a $4.7 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide Ku-based satellite services for U.S. Pacific Command missions that use the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle. The task order was issued under the Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition vehicle jointly managed by DISA and the General Services Administration, UltiSat said Monday. Steve Roth, a program director […] More

Northrop Grumman plans to update its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle in an effort to meet the Missile Defense Agency’s requirements for the high-altitude, long-endurance drone program, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. Northrop responded to a request for information MDA published on FedBizOpps in June. MDA is interested in a HALE UAV designed to carry a high-energy […] More