World Defense Show 2026: Northrop Grumman to present improved C2 management system
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
The US Navy’s Virginia class submarines are set for enhanced capabilities with Northrop Grumman delivering the first Block IV Light Weight Wide Aperture Array (LWWAA) shipset for installation. The company announced the delivery on 28 November.
Northrop Grumman has delivered LWWAA panels for all Virginia class boats, and this delivery marks the start of a series of ten Block IV shipsets that will be delivered at a rate of two per year to Huntington Ingalls Industries.
The LWWAA is a fibre-optic passive hull mounted sensor array that is designed to enable the Virginia class to counter evolving sensor technologies used by enemy forces well into the future. There are six arrays in each shipset, and Northrop Grumman provides the acoustic array assemblies as well as all the hardware required to install the arrays on the exterior of the ships.
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
The Thales DigitalCrew package, first unveiled at last year’s Defence IQ International Armoured Vehicles conference, is designed to merge imaging and apply a layer of decision-making and observation algorithms to support crew and other personnel.
Nomad can provide militaries with real-time intelligence, saving critical time on the battlefield.
Taurus operates alongside the Israel Defense Forces’ Orion system which supports mission management across tens of thousands of manoeuvring forces, from squad leaders to battalion commanders.
The plan for the new displays follows fresh investment in Kopin’s European facilities by Theon and an order for head-up displays in fielded aircraft, with funding from the US Department of Defense.
Persistent Systems received its largest ever single order for its MPU5 devices and other systems earlier this month and has already delivered the 50 units to the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division.