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Demonstration enables live distributed connectivity between Australian air force and U.S.-based lab - News
December 14, 2016
CANBERRA, Australia. Engineers at Northrop Grumman Australia - a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp. - completed a demonstration with a distributed network environment between two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) simulators and a Northrop Grumman test lab.
Radar/EW
Royal Netherlands air force to upgrade its AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure pods - News
December 05, 2016
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. Engineers at Northrop Grumman will upgrade the AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure (ECM) pods for the Royal Netherlands air force (RNLAF) F-16 aircraft fleet.
Unmanned
DARPA orders second Tern UAS test vehicle - News
November 18, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA [Defense Advanced Researched Projects Agency] has asked Northrop Grumman to build it a second "Tern" test vehicle as part of its mission to equip forward-deployed small-deck ships -- such as destroyers and frigates -- with their own specially designed unmanned air systems (UASs).
Unmanned
Northrop Grumman Smart Node Pod demonstrates C4ISR interoperability - News
November 17, 2016
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman recently demonstrated how its Smart Node Pod -- a small, self-contained, aircraft-mounted system -- can aid in battlefield communications and information-sharing across a wide variety of networks and mission threads. The Smart Node Pod's capabilities were presented during Bold Quest, a coalition demonstration and assessment event sponsored twice yearly by the Joint Staff at the Department of Defense (DoD); Bold Quest 16.2 was conducted in the Savannah, Georgia, area from mid-October through early November.
Comms
Coast Guard Cutters get C4ISR and machinery control systems from Northrop Grumman - News
November 15, 2016
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers will design C4ISR and machinery control systems (MCS) for the U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) under a contract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG). As many as 25 OPCs are expected to be built by the Coast Guard to replace its entire fleet of medium endurance cutters.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy receives first delivery of upgraded AQS-24B mine hunting sonar - News
September 21, 2016
ANNAPOLIS, Md. U.S. Navy officials received Northrop Grumman's delivery of the first lot of the AQS-24B mine hunting sonar upgrade kits. The delivery falls under the U.S. Navy's PMS-495 production contract to upgrade 27 AQS-24A mine hunting systems to the AQS-24B.
Radar/EW
Marine Corps orders nine more G/ATOR systems from Northrop Grumman - News
September 06, 2016
BALTIMORE. U.S. Marine Corps officials ordered an additional nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) low rate initial production (LRIP) systems from Northrop Grumman.
