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A Northrop Grumman Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system was evaluated in NATO’s recent 10-day Unified Vision 2014 trial of the alliance’s joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio. U.S. European Command flew the Global Hawk over three days from Orland Main Air Station in Norway alongside trials for satellites, naval vessels, ground sensors and other ISR […] More
ATK and Northrop Grumman have jointly tested a backplane assembly for NASA‘s James Webb Telescope to determine if the platform could withstand the rigors of space travel and carry heavy payload. The telescope’s primary mirror backplane system is built to hold scientific instruments and beryllium mirror segments and will aim to minimize temperature-related changes in […] More
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have sent their responses to a U.S. Air Force notice that seeks a vendor to build the branch’s next set of GPS satellites under a potential $200 million contract, Space News reported Thursday. Mike Gruss writes the Air Force’s acquisition arm released a solicitation in search of interested vendors to develop the next batch of GPS III satellites and […] More
An industry team led by Lockheed Martin is working to establish a link between battle management systems used by the Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army. The Missile Defense National Team is developing the C2BMC (command, control, battle management and communications) system to unify disparate ballistic missile defense elements, Lockheed said Thursday. “Potential air and ballistic missile threats […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s communications payload for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite has passed on-orbit testing conducted by the U.S. Air Force and deemed able to configure communications networks with ground terminals. The company said Tuesday the payload on the AEHF-3 began signal transmission in January as the satellite reached geostationary orbit alongside other satellites in a constellation named the “ring of […] More
Huntington Ingalls Industries President and CEO Mike Petters was awarded the Rear Admiral John J. Bergen Leadership in Industry Award on Tuesday by the Navy League of the United States New York Council. The award was given to Petters to honor his leadership of HII and the company’s designing and building of ships for the U.S. […] More
Northrop Grumman has begun construction on a 220,000 sq ft office and research facility at its Melbourne International Airport campus in Florida, the Orlando Business Journal reported Wednesday. The building is part of the first phase of the company’s planned $500 million, 720,000 sq ft expansion of the campus, Anjali Fluker writes in the exclusive report. The completed […] More
Northrop Grumman and the Sandtown Habitat for Humanity have presented the keys to the new owners of another house completed under a seven-year partnership centered on the Sandtown-Winchester community of Baltimore, Maryland. The company said Wednesday this is the fifth house built by Northrop volunteers and the nonprofit housing organization, which was dedicated to new homeowner Kimberly Robinson during […] More
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have demonstrated a new maritime surveillance radar that the company modified from a manned aircraft system built by Telephonics Corp. The company and Navy flew the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for the demonstration as part of the efforts to help Navy commanders increase their long-range imaging and search capabilities, Northrop said Tuesday. […] More
Kevin Bell, a former business development representative and sector lead executive at Northrop Grumman, has been named its corporate lead executive for Dayton, Ohio, including the U.S. Air Force facilities in the region. The company said Monday Bell will report to Timothy Jones, vice president for aviation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “[Bell] understands the challenges that our […] More
Boeing and Ball Aerospace & Technologies have won contracts worth $4.5 million and $2.2 million, respectively, to develop L-band radio frequency power amplifiers for GPS satellites, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the technology is intended to make the satellites more compact and power efficient as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate program. Ball Aerospace […] More
Lisa Davis, formerly corporate affairs vice president of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals‘ MedImmune biologics arm, will join Northrop Grumman as VP of communications for its electronic systems business on June 18. Davis will be part of Northrop’s communications council and electronic systems management team and oversee the planning and implementation of communication strategies, the company said Thursday. “Lisa brings extensive leadership experience […] More
