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Avionics
U.S. Marine Corps H-1 helicopters slated to receive mission computer upgrade - News
July 09, 2015
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. The Naval Air Systems Command has slated Lot 12 of the U.S. Marine Corps’ H-1 helicopters to upgrade to Northrop Grumman’s FlightPro Gen III mission computers. It integrates mission, weapons, and video processing capabilities into a conduction-cooled airborne computer that is able to drive four multi-function displays.
Avionics
New Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for commercial applications released by Northrop Grumman - News
June 29, 2015
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman engineers released a new, dual-use tactical grade inertial measurement unit (IMU), which is specially designed for the commercial market.
Avionics
F-16 cockpit receives digital upgrade with LITENING G4 - News
June 25, 2015
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard have selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to upgrade the F-16 cockpit to digital, high detention video from the AN/AAQ-28 (V) LITENING G4 Advanced Targeting System. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a production value estimating $74 million.
Unmanned
Open systems architecture flown on NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft - News
June 18, 2015
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft flew with a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture implemented by Northrop Grumman engineers to enable the ability to quickly and cost-effectively adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
Comms
U.S. Navy's CANES program completes design, development, and limited deployment phase - News
June 11, 2015
SAN DIEGO. The design, development, and limited deployment phase of The U.S. Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program has been completed by Northrop Grumman Corp.
Unmanned
Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft expands NATO's global ISR capability - News
June 05, 2015
PALMDALE, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. and industry partners together with NATO leaders unveiled NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft. The purpose of the aircraft is to expand NATO's joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
Comms
Astro Aerospace's reflector helps NASA's SMAP satellite become operational - News
May 26, 2015
CARPINTERIA, Calif. Officials at NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft is operational. This marks the beginning a three-year mission of the satellite to provide global measurements of soil moisture.
