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Uncrewed Vehicles
Avalon 2011: US Navy considers base locations for BAMS
3rd March 2011
The US Navy has initiated negotiations with host nations regarding the future deployment of Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) system. Speaking to …
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Defence Helicopter
Quickstep signs MoU with Sikorsky
3rd March 2011
Australian advanced materials company Quickstep Holdings Limited has secured a further opportunity for aerospace/defence manufacturing work in Australia, today announcing it has signed a Memorandum …
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Military Logistics
Northrop Grumman to provide flight-line security systems for RAAF C-17 aircraft
2nd March 2011
The Australian Defence Materiel Organisation has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to provide integrated airfield and asset protection solutions for the Royal Australian Air …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman awarded contract to provide cyberspace operations solutions to the US Navy
1st March 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract for cyberspace operations supporting the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to …
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Military Logistics
Northrop Grumman wins contract for production of automatic test station for US Army
24th February 2011
The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $50 million contract authorizing low rate initial production (LRIP) of the Army's replacement for its current …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman to develop collaborative navigation system for US Air Force
24th February 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, has been selected to develop a collaborative navigation system under the US Air Force Research …
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Military Logistics
Northrop Grumman supplies satellite-based landing systems at Norway's regional airports
24th February 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation's European air traffic management subsidiary Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded follow-on contracts by Norwegian air navigation service provider Avinor …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman's next-generation FBCB2 system approved for fielding
24th February 2011
FBCB2 is the key situational awareness and command-and-control system used by US and coalition forces. More than 95,000 FBCB2 systems have been deployed worldwide, forming …
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Defence Helicopter
Northrop Grumman incorporates laser autoboresight functionality into rotary aircraft
24th February 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation and SELEX Galileo today announced the successful integration of a continuous laser autoboresight module into an advanced jam head to enhance the …
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Military Logistics
Chromalloy crosses one-year milestone on KC-10 support team
15th February 2011
Chromalloy announced today that it has crossed the one-year milestone as a member of the Northrop Grumman team on the KC-10 Extender Logistics Support program, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
X-47B achieves first flight milestone
6th February 2011
The first flight of the US Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) aircraft was successfully undertaken on 4 February at Edwards Air Force Base, …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman multi-band synthetic aperture radar counters IEDs
3rd February 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (MB SAR), recently provided counter-improvised explosive device (IED) support to help enable the safe drawdown of US combat …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye completes first carrier landing
3rd February 2011
The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the US Navy's newest airborne early warning and command and control aircraft, has landed on the USS Harry …
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Digital Battlespace
Northrop Grumman's LEMV programme completes Critical Design Review
2nd February 2011
Six months after signing the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) agreement with the US Army to build three airships with 21-day persistent intelligence, surveillance and …
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Digital Battlespace
US Air Force selects Northrop Grumman to research service-oriented architecture interoperability
31st January 2011
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to demonstrate information interoperability among different implementations of service-oriented architecture (SOA) information technology (IT) …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - HALE
RQ-4 Global Hawk [Japan]
Background Selection and contract award In 2015, Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft were selected by Japan ...
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Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton (1-4) [Australia]
Background Three Contracted Units In June 2018, the Government provided Second Pass (Tranche 1) Approval to procure the first of six air vehicles, supporting systems and ...
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Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton (5-6) [Australia]
Background Four Contracted Units In the summer of 2020, Northrop Grumman announced that the Australian Government provided $333 million for three MQ-4C Tritons and associated GCS. ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Marine Unmanned Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) (Contracted) [USMC]
Background MUX umbrella Since 2016, the USMC has sought to acquire a UAV that can be deployed from a vessel, used for various missions, and ...
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Military UAS - HALE
Long-Range Drones [Norway]
Background Andøya Ambition On 3 April 2023, the Norwegian MoD released a statement confirming its plans for Andøya, the northernmost island in its Vesterålen archipelago. In addition to ...
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Military UAS - small
AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]
Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a “leap-ahead” in long-endurance, VTOL-capable ...
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ISR/special mission
E-6 TACAMO Recapitalisation Programme (E-130J) [USN]
Programme Background The E-6 Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalisation Programme (E-XX) provides for air vehicle replacement and mission systems modernization to augment and eventually ...
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Military UAS - HALE
MQ-4C Triton [NATO]
Background NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum During the July 2026 NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, Türkiye, NATO announced that Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Marine Unmanned Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) (Uncontracted) [USMC]
Background MUX umbrella Since 2016, the USMC has sought to acquire a UAV that can be deployed from a vessel, used for various missions, and ...
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Military UAS - HALE
Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) [NATO]
Background Purchase While NATO doesn’t have its own forces and depends on its allies, the alliance does have some of its own assets and equipment. In ...
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Bomber
B-21 Raider [USA]
Programme Background Development The US DoD is developing a new long-range bomber called the B-21 Raider, previously known as LRS-B. At least 100 units are ...
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Military UAS - small
Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) (Increment 1) [USA]
Programme Background Programme Objective The Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS) was to provide a tactical ISTAR capability for US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs). It was ...
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Military UAS - HALE
RangeHawk (RQ-4 Global Hawk) [US]
Background Contract award Northrop Grumman announced in May 2026 that it had secured a $325.5 million contract from the US Army to develop the RangeHawk ...
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Military UAS - MALE
MQ-25 Stingray (16-76) [USN]
Background Initial requirements The programme looked different when it began. In 2013, the USN awarded four Preliminary Design Review (PDR) contracts to Boeing, General Atomics, ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) (Increment 2) [USAF]
Background Increment 1 In January 2024, during the first increment of the USAF’s CCA effort, the USAF awarded contracts to Anduril, Boeing, General Atomics (GA-ASI), ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - small
ANCILLARY
Northrop Grumman has developed a demonstrator tail-sitter UAV for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ANCILLARY programme. Northrop states its design is a cost-efficient, multiple-mission capable vehicle built ...
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Loitering munitions
Jackal
The Jackal is a turbojet loitering munition designed by Northrop Grumman in partnership with AeroVironment. It features an open architecture that provides the capability to support ...
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Military - UUVs
Manta Ray
Manta Ray is an uncrewed underwater vessel (UUV) developed by Northrop Grumman.
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Major networking projects
IBCS
The Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) is a C2 system designed to integrate current and future sensors. The system also improves ...
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ISR/special mission
Firebird
Manufactured by Northrop Grumman, the Firebird is a unique platform that features different cockpit configurations. This feature allows the Firebird to be configured as either an uncrewed ...
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Air: Integrated cockpit systems
H-1 Family of Avionics
Northrop Grumman produces a family of avionics for Bell H-1-series helicopters.
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Military UAS - MALE
YFQ-48A Talon Blue
The YFQ-48A Talon Blue is a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) from Northrop Grumman and Scaled Composites. Unveiled in December 2025, the system is reportedly lighter ...
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Air-to-surface missiles
Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW)
The Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) is an air-to-ground weapon that will provide strike capability to defeat rapidly relocatable targets as part of an enemy’s anti-access/area denial ...
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Military UAS - MALE
Model 437
Scaled Composites, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, unveiled the Model 437 in September 2021. The conceptual UAS is derived from a Model 401, or Son of Ares. It ...
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Air: aerial targets
BQM-74F
Building on the BQM-74E, the BQM-74F aerial target was developed by Northrop Grumman under a USN contract. Introduced in 2005, it has a new airframe ...
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Air: AEW/fire control radar
AN/APG-80
The AN/APG-80 is an X-band active electronically scanned array radar system with approximately 1,000 transmit/receive modules, designed for continuous search and multi-target tracking capabilities in ...
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Guided munitions
Viper Strike
The GBU-44/B Viper Strike is an air-launched precision-guided munition (PGM) equipped with a relatively small-shaped charge warhead. It has been optimised for employment in urban ...
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Military UAS - MALE
X-47B UCAS
The X-47B is a tailless, strike fighter-sized unmanned aircraft, which was developed as part of the USN's Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration project. The aircraft ...
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Bomber
B-21 Raider
The B-21 Raider is a strategic stealth bomber aircraft being developed by Northrop Grumman to succeed the B-1 and B-2 fleets in the USAF service. ...
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Cannons
30/40mm Mk44 Bushmaster
The 30mm/40mm Mk44 Bushmaster automatic cannon is a next-generation chain gun weapon in widespread use. The weapon has been designed for system simplicity, external power, ...
