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  • Northrop Navigation Tech Incorporated in Dassault-Led Euro Combat Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Navigation Tech Incorporated in Dassault-Led Euro Combat Drone

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary based in Germany has worked with Saab Aerosystems to develop a navigation, flight guidance and control system for an unmanned combat air vehicle prototype that flew over France, Italy and Sweden in flight tests. Northrop Grumman LITEF helped build the Attitude and Heading Reference System for the nEUROn drone that a six-country cooperative developed as an experimental, stealth platform to help build and test […] More

  • Northrop Tapped to Supply Attitude, Heading Reference System for Airbus Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Tapped to Supply Attitude, Heading Reference System for Airbus Helicopters

    Northrop Grumman will build attitude and heading reference systems for Airbus helicopter platforms. Northrop Grumman LITEF, a Northrop subsidiary in Germany, will work to certify and deliver its new LCR-350 reference tool to Airbus Helicopters, Northrop said Oct. 21. The company will begin the production phase in 2016. According to Eckehardt Keip, managing director of Northrop Grumman LITEF, the LCR-350 solution […] More

  • Airbus Picks Northrop to Supply Helicopter Navigation Data Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Picks Northrop to Supply Helicopter Navigation Data Tech

    Airbus has chosen a Northrop Grumman subsidiary to manufacture attitude and heading reference systems for integration into multiple types of Airbus helicopters. Northrop Grumman LITEF is scheduled to start production of its LCR-350 AHRS for various Airbus-built helicopters in 2016, Northrop said Tuesday. Germany-based LITEF designed the technology to help pilots view aircraft heading and […] More