• Northrop Grumman Corp

    Falls Church, VA 22042

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    2980 Fairview Park Dr
    Falls Church, VA 22042
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    Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees define possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services.

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    The AN/AQS-24B mine hunter being deployed from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV).
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman asked for upgrades of Side-scan sonar and digital signal processing for mine hunting

    The AN/AQS-24 can be towed through the water by surface vessels and helicopters in areas where naval commanders suspect the presence of enemy mines.
    U.S. Marine Corps artillery cannoneer prepares to load an M777 towed 155-millimeter howitzer during an exercise at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman tapped for precision-guidance to convert artillery shells into GPS-guided smart munitions

    Northrop Grumman tapped for precision-guidance to convert artillery shells into GPS-guided smart munitions
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    COFFEE technical area 2 asks Northrop Grumman to integrate COFFEE filters to demonstrate interference suppression in all or parts of the 2 to 18 GHz frequency range.
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    Northrop Grumman to explore new ways of RF interference suppression in military applications like radar

    Northrop Grumman will enable AESA radar antennas to reconfigure beams and communicate across a range of frequencies in congested environments.
    The EC-130J TACAMO aircraft will maintain links between national command authorities and deployed nuclear forces
    Communications

    Northrop Grumman to build cyber security-enhanced EC-130J airborne command post for strategic communications

    TACAMO provides a survivable, endurable, and reliable command and control aircraft to link U.S. national command authorities and nuclear forces.
    An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) last September.
    Computers

    Northrop Grumman to continue work on upgrade to cockpit avionics and mission computer of E-2D aircraft

    Avionics upgrade is to replace the current E-2D integrated navigation, controls, display systems, and tactical mission computer and display systems.
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    Sensors

    Air Force places a $30 million order to Northrop Grumman for additional AESA airborne radar systems for F-16

    Air Force places a $30 million order to Northrop Grumman for additional AESA airborne radar systems for F-16
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    Power

    Northrop Grumman to make lifetime buy of silicon carbide (SiC) radar power parts to mitigate obsolescence

    The end-of-life buy is necessary to maintain production and repairs for the APY-9 radar’s primary power supply power amplifier on the E-2D aircraft.
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    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman preparing to build more lots of AGM-88G AARGM-ER aircraft-launched radar-killing missile

    AGM-88G enables U.S. and allied combat jets to attack and destroy enemy air-defense radar systems and time-critical mobile targets.
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    Communications

    Northrop Grumman moves forward on military internet enabling technologies using commercial space satellites

    DEUCSI seeks to develop small satellite communications (SATCOM) that use commercial space internet constellations that easily integrate onto aircraft.
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    Sensors

    Air Force asks Northrop Grumman for AESA radar systems in F-16 jet fighter aircraft in $16.7 million deal

    The APG-83 AESA fire-control radar integrates within the F-16’s structural, power, and cooling constraints without Group A aircraft modification.

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    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build second long-range radar system to track satellites in geosynchronous orbits

    DARC will be one of the world’s most advanced radars, and will track objects in deep space at geosynchronous orbits 22,000 miles above the Earth.
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    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to upgrade E-2D cockpit avionics, mission computers, and displays in $845.5 million order

    Plane's large saucer-like radar antenna on the top of the aircraft, and other advanced avionics, enables it to detect hostile aircraft at long ranges.
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build nine E-2D radar surveillance planes with avionics and updated mission computer

    The E-2D tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft provides the carrier battle group with wide-area radar surveillance for enemy monitoring.
    Communications

    Northrop Grumman to broaden constellations of commercial satellites for path-agnostic military communications

    DEUCSI seeks the ability to move and share data seamlessly among a wide variety of fixed and mobile operating locations using high-bandwidth SATCOM.
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman moves forward with designing ballistic missile tracking satellites with infrared sensors

    NGP is to augment and then replace the current Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning constellation, operating since last March.
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build precision guidance kits to transform 155 mm artillery rounds into smart munitions

    The Northrop Grumman Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) transforms high-explosive artillery projectiles into affordable satellite-guided precision weapons.
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build electronic warfare (EW) shipboard electronics for (GaN) based SEWIP Block 3

    The SEWIP program is upgrading the AN/SLQ-32(V) EW system for surface warships for improved anti-ship missile defense and situational awareness.
    RF/Analog

    Northrop Grumman joins project to design tiny military RF and microwave transmitters, receivers, and antennas

    Macaroni is a 45-month three-phase program that emphasizes two primary technical areas: RF and microwave receivers and transmitters.
    Computers

    Navy asks Northrop Grumman for E-2D avionics upgrades to enable the plane to team with unmanned aircraft

    MUM-T describes synchronized use of human warfighters, manned and unmanned aircraft, robotics, and sensors to achieve enhanced situational awareness.
    RF/Analog

    Navy asks Northrop Grumman for electronic warfare (EW) and radar warning receivers for MV-22B tiltrotor

    The AN/APR-39D(V)2 is the latest upgrade to the AN/APR-39 radar warning receiver that corrects deficiencies and enhances capability.
    Sensors

    Marines order four more gallium nitride (GaN)-based G/ATOR radar systems to counter low-observable threats

    G/ATOR is designed to detect low-observable targets with low radar cross sections such as rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles, and UAVs.
    Sensors

    Air Force asks Northrop Grumman for APG-83 AESA fire-control radar systems to upgrade F-16 jet fighters

    AESA radars enable legacy aircraft to detect, track, and identify many targets quickly, and operate in hostile electronic warfare (EW) environments.
    Computers

    Northrop Grumman joins RadiaBeam in DARPA ASSERT project to design radiation-hardened 3D chips for space

    Northrop Grumman and RadiaBeam will develop new SEE testing of 3D heterogeneously integrated (3DHI) electronic components and circuits.
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    Northrop Grumman to build 16 supersonic target drones to train ship crews to counter anti-ship missiles

    The GQM-163A provides an affordable target to simulate supersonic sea-skimming supersonic and hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles.
    Computers

    Bell, Northrop Grumman, to build 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters, avionics, and mission computers for Nigeria

    The AH-1Z helicopter can carry as much as 5,764 pounds of payload, can fly 222 knots for 370 nautical miles, and can fly as high as 20,000 feet.
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build AN/APR-39 electronic warfare (EW) radar warning receivers to protect helicopters

    The APR-39 also functions as an electronic warfare (EW) management system in Northrop Grumman's suite of integrated EW sensors and countermeasures.
    Sensors

    Military avionics experts ask Northrop Grumman to provide legacy radar antennas for B-1 bomber aircraft

    Late-model B-1 aircraft have received upgrades to install the Northrop Grumman Scalable Agile Beam Radar-Global Strike (SABR-GS).
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to provide legacy AN/WSN-7 ring laser gyro inertial navigation for shipboard electronics

    The AN/WSN-7 ring laser gyro inertial navigation system senses ship motion, and computes the ship's precise position, velocity, attitude, and heading.
    Sensors

    Navy picks Northrop to build lot 3 of AGM-88G AARGM-ER radar-killing missile with GPS and inertial guidance

    AGM-88G helps U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and allied combat jets to attack and destroy enemy air-defense radar systems and time-critical mobile targets.
    Computers

    Northrop Grumman to tackle thermal management in military 3D heterogeneous integration (3DHI) chip stacks

    DARPA Minitherms3D seeks 3D stacking of five tiers with heat dissipation of 6.8 kilowatts, with heat rejection of less than 0.006 cubic meters.
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    Northrop Grumman to build four MQ-4C maritime patrol unmanned aircraft and sensors for Navy and Australia

    Triton is for continuous maritime surveillance, search and rescue missions, and to complement the Boeing P-8 Poseidon crewed maritime patrol aircraft.
    Gator Radar 1 Nov 2023
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build 14 new G/ATOR multi-role radar systems to protect Marines from unmanned aircraft

    G/ATOR short-to-medium-range multi-role radar is to detect low-observable targets such as rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles, and UAVs.
    Triton Ifc 20 Sept 2023
    Sensors

    Navy orders two signals intelligence (SIGINT) versions of MQ-4C Triton long-range maritime patrol UAVs

    John Keller
    The MQ-4C maritime patrol version of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV that provides real-time intelligence and surveillance.
    Irst 24 Aug 2023
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to develop and demonstrate infrared search and track sensors for use on military aircraft

    John Keller
    MuSTeR seeks to enhance U.S. military sensor system research by using the entire electromagnetic spectrum for persistent surveillance and awareness.
    Mq 8 C Cyber 27 July 2023
    Trusted Computing

    Navy asks Northrop Grumman to provide cyber security intrusion protection for MQ-8C unmanned helicopter

    John Keller
    The MQ-8C Fire Scout vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles (VTUAV) is based on the manned Bell 407 helicopter from Bell Helicopter.
    Artillery 20 July 2023
    Sensors

    Army orders add-on kits to convert 155-millimeter artillery shells into GPS-guided smart munitions

    John Keller
    PGK conversion uses signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to guide artillery shells to their targets with accuracy of less than 10 meters.
    Silvus 17 July 2023
    RF/Analog

    Army chooses MANET radios and antennas from Silvus and Northrop for Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)

    Developed in partnership between Silvus and Northrop Grumman, the Silvus AIRS is a modified version of the Silvus TRINITY integrated antenna and radio.
    Deucsi 10 July 2023
    Communications

    Three defense companies move ahead on path-agnostic space internet that capitalizes on commercial satellites

    John Keller
    DEUCSI project seeks to move and share data seamlessly among fixed and mobile locations using high-bandwidth beyond-line-of-sight communications.
    3 D Chips 15 June 2023
    Computers

    Northrop Grumman eyes research into 3D integrated circuits chip packaging for artificial intelligence (AI)

    John Keller
    NGMM will work to establish a domestic center for producing silicon and non-silicon 3D heterogeneously integrated (3DHI) circuit prototypes.
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    Navy asks Northrop Grumman to build shipboard inertial navigation for surface warship and submarine upgrades

    The ISM provides maritime positioning data with or without GPS, and is a key component of the U.S. Navy’s AN/WSN-12 Inertial Navigator System (INS).
    Space Internet 7 June 2023
    Communications

    Northrop Grumman to help design path-agnostic long-range military communications by using space internet

    John Keller
    Several commercial companies plan to establish space internet constellations of thousands of satellites, each to create global internet services.
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    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman prepares to build two Navy radar surveillance aircraft with multi-sensor fusion avionics

    John Keller
    The E-2D's large saucer-like radar antenna and other advanced avionics, enables it to detect hostile aircraft and missiles at extremely long ranges.
    Nasa Lmx 1 May 2023
    Sensors

    NASA to kick-off project for orbiting lightning sensor to boost aviation safety, and provide storm warnings

    John Keller
    LMX will be an orbiting single-channel near-infrared optical persistent surveillance detector to monitor for potentially damaging lightning storms.
    Max 27 April 2023
    Computers

    Northrop Grumman eyes embedded computing for digital signal processing and jam-resistant communications

    John Keller
    MAX seeks to achieve at least a 100 times improvement in power efficiency and processing density compared to state-of-the-art digital signal processing.
    Darpa Fence 12 Sept 2022
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman, Raytheon move forward in developing electro-optical sensors with built-in machine learning

    DARPA FENCE seeks to develop an event-based camera and a new class of digital signal processing and machine learning for intelligent military sensors.
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    Communications

    Northrop goes full-rate production of Link 16 tactical data link for sensor networking on Marine helicopters

    The Link 16 military tactical sensor network enables military aircraft, ships, and ground forces to exchange their tactical picture in near-real time.
    Laser Strykers 21 Jan 2022
    Power

    Army readies first Strykers with 50-kilowatt laser weapons

    Army expected to reopen the competition because the system is considered critical in future operations against prolific threats like unmanned aircraft.
    Ibcs 14 Jan 2022
    Communications

    Northrop Grumman to build open-systems architecture battle management system for air and missile attack

    The IBCS air command-and-control system to help air and missile defenders make quick decisions and adapt quickly to changing battlefield conditions.
    Northrop Manta 5 Jan 2022
    Uncrewed

    Northrop Grumman to develop UUV enabling technologies

    Focus is on on long-endurance UUV systems integration, based on overall risk posture, maturity of critical subsystems, and technical performance.
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    Communications

    Northrop Grumman to provide networking data link for helicopters

    Link 16 is a military tactical data link network that enables military aircraft, ships, and ground forces to exchange their tactical pictures.
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    Communications

    E-2D airborne radio to get MUOS SATCOM communications

    AN/ARC-210 RT-2036 radio offers secure communications; interoperability with VHF and UHF radios; and high-speed, ad-hoc networked communications.
    Hypersonic 7 Oct 2021
    Sensors

    Military eyes hypersonic weapons to defend against ICBMs

    The MDA may be working with a Raytheon-Northrop Grumman NGI team to accelerate NGI development for missile defense to be ready by as early as 2028.
    Raytheon Hypersonic 6 Oct 2021
    Sensors

    U.S. hypersonic missile passes free-flight test

    Pentagon has identified hypersonic weapons and counter-hypersonic capabilities as the highest technical priorities for the nation's security.
    Autonomous Aircraft 27 Sept 2021
    Uncrewed

    Northrop Grumman offers unmanned loyal wingman jet fighter

    At top speeds, the Model 437 could reach about 650 miles per hour, with a cruising speed of about 600 miles per hour, and fly alongside an F-35.
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    Computers

    CH-53K helicopters to get new EW and data storage avionics

    John Keller
    The CH-53K King Stallion is a large cargo helicopter designed to move Marines and their equipment from ships offshore onto attack beaches.
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    Sensors

    Multi-intel MQ-4C long-range UAV flies for first time

    A fleet of 68 Tritons will fly five-at-a-time for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to let the Navy stand-down its crewed EP-3 Aries patrol planes.
    Multispectral Laser 17 Aug 2021
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman and CACI eye multispectral laser sensors

    John Keller
    Air Force researchers are asking Northrop Grumman and CACI to develop technologies that could lead to supercontinuum lasers of about 280 Watts.
    Data Friendliness 12 Aug 2021
    Communications

    Data friendliness will make some weapons more valuable

    Future weapons will increase their value if they connect easily to networks, but that’s not the way military weapons or networks are made today.
    Uuv Payloads 3 Aug 2021
    Uncrewed

    Northrop Grumman developing UUV payload delivery system

    John Keller
    Northrop Grumman is building the payload delivery system for persistent-surveillance sensors, weapons, other UUVs, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
    Bacn 3 May 2021
    Communications

    Jets to host airborne voice and data communications payloads

    John Keller
    The BACN is a military communications electronic payload that receives, bridges, and distributes communications among all participants in a battle.
    Sewip Block 3 13 May 2021
    Sensors

    Northrop to build surface warship EW with soft kill skill

    John Keller
    The SEWIP Block 3 uses AESA antennas based on gallium nitride (GaN) transmit and receive modules to jams enemy targeting radars and missile guidance.
    Aargm 12 May 2021
    Computers

    Northrop eyes open-systems architecture AARGM-ER upgrade

    John Keller
    The circuit card is part of a form, fit, and function open-systems architecture upgrade to the control section of the AARGM-ER radar-killing missile.
    Blackjack Pnt 6 May 2021
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to advance PNT satellite technology

    John Keller
    PNT payloads will enable future Blackjack satellites to determine their positions above the Earth, as well as in relation to one another.
    Ngad Fighter 20 April 2021
    Computers

    The Air Force’s 6th-generation fighter has left the drawing board

    Digital engineering enables weapons developers to assess technologies without building all of them, and start building prototypes earlier.
    Ibns 5 March 2021
    Computers

    Navy orders bridge navigation systems for destroyers

    John Keller
    The IBNS is a hull, mechanical, and electrical upgrade to modernize Burke-class destroyers to ensure the ships remain affordable and ready for combat.
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    Uncrewed

    DARPA LongShot makes unmanned vehicles more formidable

    John Keller
    LongShot seeks to develop a UAV that is launched from aircraft, like a missile, but with the ability to deploy several of its own air-to-air weapons.
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    Uncrewed

    Three companies chosen to develop DARPA’s LongShot drone

    Contractors will fly full-scale demonstrators to prove their LongShot UAVs are capable of controlled flight and able to launch weapons.
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    Computers

    AI could help with onboard processing of satellite data

    While AI technology can apply to satellites, the technology also can integrate with aircraft, where payloads can be easily accessed or swapped out.
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    RF/Analog

    Northrop to build EW jammers to protect against IEDs

    John Keller
    The system jams IEDs and creates a protective barrier around warfighters and their equipment while minimizing disruption to communications systems.
    Hbtss 27 Jan 2021
    Sensors

    Northrop to build space sensor to track hypersonic missiles

    John Keller
    HBTSS satellites will have wide-field-of-view sensors networked with optical inter-satellite cross-links to detect and track hypersonic targets.
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    Communications

    Northrop to research voice and data communications payloads

    John Keller
    The BACN is an electronic payload aboard the E-11A manned aircraft and Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
    E 2 D 4 Jan 2020
    Computers

    Northrop Grumman builds displays, mission computers for E-2D

    John Keller
    Compared with its E-2C predecessor, the E-2D has a new mission computer, tactical workstations, and a redesigned radar system.
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    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to sustain Global Hawk long-range UAVs

    John Keller
    Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-range UAV that provides near-real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) over large areas.
    E 2 D 12 Nov 2020
    Computers

    Teaming the Navy's E-2D with unmanned aircraft

    John Keller
    MUM-T involves a standard computer architecture and communications protocol to share live and still images gathered from UAV sensor payloads.
    Coyote Target Drone 6 Nov 2020
    Sensors

    GQM-163A drones to train defenders for hypersonic missiles

    John Keller
    Navy will use the drones to help surface warship crews practice how to detect and defeat incoming supersonic and hypersonic anti-ship missiles.
    F 22 15 Oct 2020
    Sensors

    PNT navigation technology helps sharpen F-22 aerial combat

    Accurate PNT can help pilots determine precisely where they are in relation to surrounding threats, and determine how much they are accelerating.
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    Sensors

    Northrop to build ring laser gyro shipboard navigation

    John Keller
    The AN/WSN-7 ship inertial navigation system senses ship motion and computes position, velocity, attitude, and heading in digital and analog formats.
    Northrop Sewip 6 Oct 2020
    Sensors

    Northrop Grumman to build shipboard electronic warfare (EW)

    John Keller
    SEWIP is an evolutionary acquisition program to upgrade existing shipboard EW and provide improved anti-ship missile defense and situational awareness.
    Evolved Strategic Satellite 21 Sept 2020
    Communications

    Northrop Grumman to develop jam-resistant military SATCOM

    According to Space Force budget documents, the plan is to award as many as three competitive rapid-prototyping contracts for ESS.