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Northrop Grumman demonstrated the capability of the Integrated Battle Command System to work with a networked sensor and effector during two live target tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. IBCS engaged a cruise missile target tracked by a Sentinel radar using the Lockheed Martin-built Remote Interceptor Guidance prototype, RIG-360, during the first […] More
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the command and control functions of its short-range counter unmanned aerial systems. The forward area air defense command and control system detected and intercepted weapons during the U.S. Army’s live fire testing at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the aerospace and defense company said Tuesday. The system of systems evaluation […] More
Northrop Grumman demonstrated at a military networked warfare exercise the preliminary model of a tactical ground station space-ground prototype it is building under a U.S. Army program. At the Project Convergence event, the semi-autonomous, mobile Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node pre-prototype system showcased its ability to process data from various commercial and military space systems […] More
Shue-Jane Thompson, formerly a vice president and senior partner at IBM, has been promoted to managing partner responsible for leading the information technology company’s professional services and consulting arm. According to her LinkedIn post published Tuesday, Thompson oversees IBM Consulting’s global deals and strategic sales strategies in her new role. Thompson initially joined IBM as […] More
Northrop Grumman completed a series of operational test flights of the Integrated Battle Command System, which the company built for the U.S. Army, as part of the initial operational test and evaluation phase. The IOT&E test flights kicked off in January and ran for 10 months at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Northrop […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a three-year, $9 million contract to produce an initiating propellant for the U.S. Navy’s MK 48 torpedo, an underwater weapon equipped with sonar technology for anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare missions. The Navy solicited services from only one company to address the requirement and issued a $2.2 million initial delivery order […] More
Northrop Grumman kicked off a seventh cargo flight under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract on Monday morning to deliver over 8,200 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The Cygnus spacecraft, nicknamed ‘S.S. Sally Ride’ after the first American woman to reach space, launched from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility […] More
Northrop Grumman has showcased at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence 2022 a range of systems designed to deliver multidomain detection, tracking and engagement capabilities to the U.S. military. The company said Thursday it conducted three experiments to demonstrate the integration of network-connected air defense systems into multi-service operations in support of the Department of Defense’s […] More
A National Security Space Launch mission, called U.S. Space Force-44, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Tuesday from a launch complex at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deploy multiple satellites into geosynchronous Earth orbit. The Space Force said Tuesday the Space Launch Delta 45 unit supported the USSF-44 mission, which included the Long […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s Aculight business will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a laser tile under its Modular Efficient Laser Technology program. The one-year, $12.8 million contract covers the creation of the technology to serve as the building block for panelized and scalable high-energy laser source, the Department of Defense said Friday. Eighty-one percent […] More
Nancy Santos has been promoted to the role of vice president of business development at Leonardo DRS, according to her LinkedIn post published Monday. Prior to her move up, Santos served as senior director of business development at the defense contractor for a little over two years. She was primarily responsible for the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving […] More
Kelum Pinnaduwage, former discretionary investments director at Northrop Grumman‘s aeronautics sector, has transitioned to the role of strategic planning and development director at the aerospace and defense company’s mission systems business, according to a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In his previous post, the decade-long Northrop executive handled financial planning and management duties. Pinnaduwage also assumed other […] More
