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  • Northrop Triton UAS Completes Cross-Country Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Triton UAS Completes Cross-Country Flight Test

    A Northrop Grumman-built unmanned aircraft system of the U.S. Navy has arrived at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland after an 11-hour test flight between Palmdale, Calif. and Pax River. The MQ-4C Triton aircraft will go through a series of sensor integration flights after it is outfitted with a sensor system at Pax River,  Northrop said Thursday. A joint team […] More

  • Mike Mackey: Northrop, Navy Review Initial Test Points for Triton UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Mackey: Northrop, Navy Review Initial Test Points for Triton UAS

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have finished the first test flight phase for the company’s Triton unmanned aircraft system in an effort to evaluate how the drone flies at different altitudes, speeds and weights. The company said Monday 568 test points were evaluated during the initial envelope expansion test program through 13 simulated flight tests, 81 hours of long-endurance […] More

  • Northrop Surveillance Demo Plane Hits 100K Combat Flight Hours - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Surveillance Demo Plane Hits 100K Combat Flight Hours

    Northrop Grumman‘s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstration aircraft has exceeded the 100,000-combat flight hour mark for the U.S. Navy since the aircraft’s initial six-month deployment in 2009. The Navy has used the BAMS-D to support maritime surveillance missions, Northrop said Wednesday. Capt. James Hoke, Triton program manager at the Naval Air Systems Command, said the branch […] More