Kathy Warden, CEO of Northrop Grumman, has been presented with a 2021 Wash100 Award for leading the company's efforts to create value through portfolio management, as well as her continued focus on growth through executive hires and contract pursuits in the federal sector. This marks Warden's sixth Wash100 Award.
Read More »Northrop Demos Multi-Domain Mission Tech With USPACOM
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command jointly demonstrated technologies designed to support intelligence, reconnaissance, advanced strike and electronic warfare across air and maritime domains.
Read More »GE Obtains License to Use Northrop Electronics Cooling Tech; Tom Jones Comments
General Electric's intelligent platforms business has obtained license to use Northrop Grumman's air-flow-through cooling technology for military electronic module application. The air-flow-through cooling system incorporates a novel heat exchanger to protect electronic modules and isolates electronic parts from the cooling air using a central channel with heat fins, Northrop said …
Read More »Tom Jones: Northrop Demos Mine Sensor with Navy Autonomous Surface Vehicle
Northrop Grumman has tested a mine detection system that is integrated into a U.S. Navy unmanned surface vehicle during a recent mission test in the Arabian Gulf. Navy and Northrop personnel demonstrated how the branch’s mine-hunting USV could deploy, tow and recover the company’s AQS-24A sensor for detecting underwater mines, …
Read More »Northrop Airborne System Aims to Find Undersea Mines; Tom Jones Comments
Northrop Grumman has handed the Japanese navy one of four minehunting systems the service has ordered for a new helicopter fleet. AQS-24A minehunters contains a laser line detector that works to help Japan’s MCH-101 helicopter pilots detect underwater mines, Northrop said Tuesday. The U.S. Navy has used the AQS technology …
Read More »Northrop to Provide Navy USVs with Sonar-Capable Mine Hunters; Tom Jones Comments
Northrop Grumman has won a contract to provide U.S. Navy unmanned surface vehicles with new minehunting systems that have side-scan sonars developed to find explosives from distant locations. The project aims to integrate the repackaged AQS-24A Side Look Sonar System to USVs and facilitate real-time detection and classification of naval mines …
Read More »Northrop Grumman to Supply Japan with AQS-24A Systems
Northrop Grumman has been selected for an initial contract to supply the Japan maritime self-defense force with the AQS-24A airborne mine-hunting system. The company will deliver the system to Kawasaki Heavy Industries, which will integrate it with Japan’s airborne mine countermeasures MCH-101 helicopter. “The combination of our proven high performance, low …
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