PALMDALE, Calif. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) report a successful demonstration of Northrop's integrated airborne mission transfer (IAMT) system with the B-2 "Spirit" stealth aircraft, performed recently at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, the B-2's home base. 

SAN DIEGO, California. Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton flying test bed (FTB) demonstrated persistent long-range targeting at the Northern Edge 2023 military training exercise, according to a statement by the company.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. The U.S. Navy has chosen Northrop Grumman Corporation to produce the new AN/WSN-12 Inertial Sensor Module (ISM), an instrument intended to enhance maritime navigation in situations where Global Positioning System (GPS) usage is not viable, according to the company's announcement.

LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana. The first modified E-6B Mercury aircraft has been delivered to the U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman announced in a statement. This milestone is part of the ongoing Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract (IMMC) for the Navy's E-6B Mercury platform.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Northrop Grumman has fielded its Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which is intended to provide air and missile defense interoperability among the Baltic states, NATO, and U.S. forces, the company announced in a statement. The system, which provides command and control for collective short-range air defense (SHORAD) systems, will be utilized for counter uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) and SHORAD missions.

REDONDO BEACH, California. Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program, the company announced in a statement. This milestone moves the firm closer to starting production of the national defense-focused early-warning missile system.

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded four contracts for its DRIFT [Digital Radar Image Formation Technology] project, which is intended to improve synthetic aperture radar (several SAR) technology in satellites.