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, Raytheon Technologies Help DARPA Further Test Autonomous Vehicle Swarms for Urban Mission
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman have commenced the fourth experiment with groups of autonomous vehicles designed to support future small infantry operations in an urban environment.
Read More »Northrop’s Kenn Todorov on Need to Build Space Layer to Counter Hypersonic Threats
Kenn Todorov, vice president and general manager of combat systems and mission readiness at Northrop Grumman, said the federal government should provide funding and establish a clear path to developing a network of space sensors to address the threat posed by hypersonic weapons, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
Read More »Northrop Grumman Selects Bechtel to Support GBSD Under $13.3B Contract
Bechtel National, the U.S. government contracting subsidiary of Bechtel, has been selected by Northrop Grumman to help deliver the U.S. Ground Based Strategic Deterrent System (GBSD) of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and develop infrastructure for the U.S. Air Force, Bechtel reported on Thursday. In support of Northrop Grumman’s 8.5-year, $13.3 billion contract, Bechtel will provide launch infrastructure design and construction.
Read More »Northrop to Help Manage USAF Aircraft Tech Supply Chain
Northrop Grumman has landed a potential eight-year, $66.9M U.S. Air Force contract to provide supply chain management support for power management, electronic countermeasures, jamming pod and navigational radar systems used on military aircraft.
Read More »Northrop Concludes Critical Design Review for USAF Airborne Navigation Tech
An airborne navigation system Northrop Grumman is developing for the U.S. Air Force completed a key hardware and software design assessment phase. The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization system, which features M-code GPS receivers and an open architecture built to accelerate threat response, passed the critical design review.
Read More »NASA, Northrop Conduct Static Fire Test for SLS Rocket Booster; Charlie Precourt Quoted
Northrop Grumman and NASA have completed a static fire test for the rocket motor element of the Space Launch System in Promontory, Utah, ahead of the agency’s subsequent Artemis deep-space missions.
Read More »Northrop to Prototype Army Intell Ground Station; Troy Brashear Quoted
The U.S. Army's Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities office and the Defense Innovation Unit have selected Northrop Grumman to build two semi-autonomous prototypes for a new military system designed to process situational awareness data from multiple sensors.
Read More »Northrop Gets $81M Navy Contract to Update Air-Launched Missile Tech
Northrop Grumman has secured a potential five-year, $80.9M contract from the U.S. Navy to incorporate new technology into a family of tactical weapon systems for defending against surface-to-air threats. The company will aim to increase the performance of the the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Monday.
Read More »Army Conducts 2nd Live-Fire Test of Northrop-Built IBCS Missile Defense Platform
The U.S. Army has completed the second live-fire test of the Integrated Battle Command System built by Northrop Grumman as part of the service branch’s efforts to modernize its air and missile defense arsenal.
Read More »Air Force Uses Surrogate Aircraft to Test Northrop B-21 Bomber Avionics
The U.S. Air Force has begun testing on a surrogate aircraft the avionics and other subsystems of the Northrop Grumman-built B-21 Raider bomber in an effort to keep the aircraft development work on track, FlightGlobal reported Saturday.
Read More »Intelsat Launches Galaxy 30 Satellite with Northrop’s MEV-2; Stephen Spengler Quoted
Intelsat has launched the Galaxy 30, a geosynchronous communications satellite that will provide high-performance television distribution service to North American customers, the company announced Saturday. The Intelsat 10-02 satellite is scheduled to be its first customer in early 2021.
Read More »Army Completes 1st Operational Testing of Northrop-Built Integrated Battle Command System
The U.S. Army has demonstrated a Northrop Grumman-built battle management system’s capacity to ingest sensor data and continuously track targets in contested environments during an operational flight test in New Mexico.
Read More »Northrop Tests New Motor for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket
Northrop Grumman has performed the initial ground test of a graphite epoxy motor designed to power the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle being developed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint venture United Launch Alliance.
Read More »Northrop to Launch Updated MEV-2 Spacecraft for Satellite Servicing Mission
Northrop Grumman is set to launch its second Mission Extension Vehicle on Saturday as part of an effort to prolong the operational life of Intelsat’s 10-02 communications satellite, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
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