PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Dec. 22 (UPI) — Northrop Grumman’s tailless X-47B unmanned combat air system has been delivered to the U.S. Navy following a year of testing. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command said the aircraft — the first fixed-wing unmanned aerial system designed for use from an aircraft carrier — was tested at Edwards Air Force Base in...
Northrop Grumman, is looking for 150 new UAS engineers reports Sign On Sandiego The growing market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has created 150 job openings at Northrop Grumman’s San Diego area plants, where the company develops such drones as Global Hawk, Fire Scout and the X-47B, a tailless plane designed to operate from aircraft carriers. “These are new...
Madeline Stone from dailybreeze.com reports Five brightly colored plastic foam planes took to the sky Thursday as eleven students from Los Angeles area high schools showed off their work at Del Aire Park in Hawthorne. The students were part of Northrop Grumman’s High School Involvement Partnership (HIP) program. Over the course of four months, the students learned the basics...
The DA42 still has the prize for us as a proven OPV platform but this week Northrup Grumman unveiled their latest project the Firebird. Firebird offers a large internal payload bay and an ability to operate multiple intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and communications payloads simultaneously through a universal interface. The system is designed to be flown as a manned...
First-ever Event in the United Arab Emirates Tests Students in UAV Design ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 5, 2011 Showcasing unmanned technology while raising student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) sponsored the first Unmanned Systems Rodeo competition in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) over a two day period at the Higher Colleges of...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the start of system tests of a new Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) being developed here for use by the U.S. Navy onboard the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS). The MFAS is a 360-degree field-of-regard active electronically scanned array radar designed for maritime surveillance. The X-Band two-dimensional sensor features a...
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 flight hours in service, more than 72,000 of which were flown in combat. The MQ-5B Hunter, which is currently deployed supporting contingency operations across the globe, provides warfighters with state-of-the-art reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition (RSTA), communications relay and weapons delivery....
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Jan. 12, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Navigation Systems Division has achieved a significant milestone by delivering its 20,000th LN-200 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), a highly versatile device which can be used for instrument stabilization, motion compensation and as a backup navigation sensor. “Our LN-200 product is unique in its ability to provide...
