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    Report: Australia Downselects Lockheed, Northrop for JP 9711 Simulation Upgrade Project

    Australia has picked two industry teams to compete for a program that seeks to expand and update the country’s networked simulation capability in support of virtual, live and constructive integration, Shephard Media reported Monday. The Australian defense force downselected the consortia led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the JP 9711 Core Simulation Capability program. […] More

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    Gulfstream Considers Special Mission Aircraft Requirements for USAF’s Compass Call, JSTARS Recap Programs

    General Dynamics’ subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace has begun to consider the requirements for special mission aircraft as it competes for the U.S. Air Force’s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program and Compass Call electronic attack airframe initiative, Defense News reported Monday. “Ultimately the decision has to be made using the processes that they use for […] More

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    Northrop to Maintain E-11A Battlefield Airborne Comms Node for Air Force

    Northrop Grumman has won a potential $41.3 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node of the military branch’s Bombardier E-11A aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Northrop will also provide logistics support for four Bombardier E-11A planes as well as subsystems and support equipment for overseas contingency operations. E-11A […] More

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    Northrop Grants STEM Scholarships to High School Seniors in Virginia

    Northrop Grumman has awarded scholarships to graduating high school seniors in Albemarle County, Virginia, as part of its 10th annual STEM scholars event in an effort to encourage students to pursue careers in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The company doled out scholarships through its Engineering Scholars and High School Involvement Partnership initiatives that were […] More

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    Boeing to Sponsor AFA’s Cyber Education Program

    Boeing has been named a diamond-level sponsor for a cyber education program managed by the Air Force Association. AFA said Friday Boeing will help expand the CyberPatriot program’s efforts to promote cyber, science, technology, engineering and math education across U.S. The program works to facilitate the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students, […] More

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    Northrop to Produce MK 48 Torpedo Components for Navy

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $50.1 million contract to manufacture nose shell assemblies and transducer arrays for the U.S. Navy‘s MK 48 torpedo. The company said Thursday it will produce 45 torpedo components under the contract’s base term worth approximately $9.6 million. Northrop would build up to 180 additional components over five years if the […] More

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    Northrop Receives Astro Aerospace-Built Boom Assemblies for NASA’s Webb Telescope

    Northrop Grumman has received the mid-boom assemblies from its Astro Aerospace subsidiary for integration with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Astro Aerospace designed and built two boom assemblies designed to deploy the telescope’s sunshield component once in orbit, Northrop said Monday. Astro Aerospace delivered the assemblies to Northrop’s Redondo Beach, California-based facility after it completed […] More

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    Dan O’Boyle: Army Eyes Milestone A in 2018 for Patriot Radar Replacement Competition

    The U.S. Army plans to conduct a competition to find a replacement for its Patriot radar system through the Lower-Tier Air-and-Missile Defense Sensor program, Defense News reported Friday. Dan O’Boyle, an Army spokesman, said the service branch plans to begin the Milestone A phase, also known as technology maturation and risk reduction, in fiscal 2018 […] More

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    Northrop’s Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Comply With FCC 5G Requirements

    A Northrop Grumman business has announced several monolithic microwave integrated circuit offerings that comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s requirements for 5G frequency bands. Northrop’s microelectronics products and services business made the announcement at the 2017 International Microwave Symposium, the company said Wednesday. Some of those MMIC products include APN243, APN248 and APN228 GaN HEMT high […] More

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    Northrop, Atlas Elektronik Showcase Unmanned Mine Hunting Tech

    Northrop Grumman and Atlas Elektronik‘s U.K. subsidiary have jointly demonstrated an unmanned mine hunting system during the Belgian Defense Technology and Industry Day trials in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Northrop said Monday its AQS-24B mine hunting sensor was integrated with Atlas Elektronik UK‘s ARCIMS unmanned surface vessel during the tests. Alan Lytle, vice president of undersea systems at Northrop’s mission systems business […] More

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    Report: DARPA, Boeing to Test, Launch Reusable Spaceplane at Cape Canaveral

    Rick Weiss, a spokesperson for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said Cape Canaveral in Florida will serve as the site for flight tests and launch operations for a hypersonic aircraft to be developed under DARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane program, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. DARPA partnered with Boeing in May to build an unmanned reusable spaceplane – […] More

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    Rockwell Collins to Provide Navy E-2D Hawkeye Tactics Trainer

    Rockwell Collins‘ simulation and training solutions business has secured a $34.2 million contract to deliver a training system for the U.S. Navy‘s E2-D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform aircraft-to-simulator concurrency updates; implement aircraft change directives/engineering change proposals; and integrate and test software applications under the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III […] More