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Unmanned
Northrop Grumman delivers mid-boom assemblies for space telescope - News
June 28, 2017
CARPINTERIA, Calif. Northrop Grumman has delivered the mid-boom assemblies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope; the two boom assemblies will help deploy the large sunshield once the Webb is in orbit.
Cyber
Northrop Grumman, UTC Aerospace announce technology pact - News
June 21, 2017
PARIS AIR SHOW. Northrop Grumman and UTC Aerospace Systems announced at the Air Show that they would be joining forces to collaborate on products and systems to better serve their joint customers.
Radar/EW
U.S. Air Force to upgrade F-16 AESA radar - News
June 09, 2017
BALTIMORE, Md. The U.S. Air Force has chosen Northrop Grumman?s APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its planned radar upgrade on its F-16 fighter aircraft. Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 U.S. Air National Guard F-16s to meet a U.S. Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman to upgrade National Guard F-16s with APG-83 AESA radar - News
June 07, 2017
BALTIMORE. U.S. Air Force officials selected Northrop Grumman to upgrade 72 U.S. Air National Guard F-16s with the company's APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar upgrade.
Radar/EW
AOX awarded WFIRST coronagraph contract from Jet Propulsion Laboratory - News
June 06, 2017
DEVENS, Mass. Adaptive Optics Associates (AOX) -- a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp. -- has been awarded a sole-source contract to provide mission-critical optical technology for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) WFIRST coronagraph instrument. WFIRST is a planned infrared space observatory that will be equipped with a specialized optical-imaging coronagraph that will be able to directly image exoplanets over the course of its mission.
Radar/EW
Army uses Northrop Grumman HAMMR to demo multi-mission capabilities - News
May 24, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Army recently used Northrop Grumman's Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system to demonstrate the Army's multi-mission capability at the 2017 counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) test, held earlier this year at Yuma Proving Ground. With the HAMMR multi-mission sensor, Northrop Grumman aims to arm the warfighter with increased situational awareness, counterfire operations, air defense, early warning, and airspace management capabilities.
Avionics
Northrop Grumman to modernize U.S. Air Force GPS navigation systems - News
May 23, 2017
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corporation has garnered a contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform tasks relating to technology maturation and risk reduction in support of next-generation navigation systems.
