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News - Northrop Grumman

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Australia to issue LOR for US Navy MQ-4C Triton UAV

    17th May 2013

    The Australian Minister for Defence has announced that Australia is considering the US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as part of the replacement …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Germany ends Eurohawk programme

    15th May 2013

    Germany plans to end the Eurohawk UAV programme due to problems relating to air space integration and airworthiness, it has emerged. The German government informed …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    X-47B completes first carrier-based catapult launch

    15th May 2013

    The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator has become the first unmanned aircraft to be launched by catapult from a ship, following the completion …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Bids invited for reopened VXX programme

    8th May 2013

    The US Navy has called for proposals from industry to provide 21 aircraft to replace the existing presidential helicopter fleet – known as Marine One. …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    X-47B UCAS-D makes first arrested landing

    7th May 2013

    Northrop Grumman has announced that the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator under development with the US Navy has conducted its first fly-in arrested …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Northrop Grumman launches UGV on international market

    23rd April 2013

    Northrop Grumman will unveil the Cutlass, its latest generation UGV, at the Counter Terror Expo in London on April 24, as it eyes international sales …

  • Defence Notes

    Northrop Grumman pushes SABR for USAF F-16

    17th April 2013

    Northrop Grumman continues its efforts to provide its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the US Air Force’s F-16 aircraft, outlining the advanced mapping capabilities …

  • Land Warfare

    Northrop Grumman upgrades Hawk EO/IR sensors

    26th March 2013

    Northrop Grumman has announced the release of the latest upgrade for the Hawk Air Defense System’s electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors, the Fourth Generation Tracking Adjunct Sensor …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Rockwell Collins provides TTNT for X-47B deck handling trials

    20th March 2013

    Rockwell Collins has supplied its Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) for use in a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air …

  • Digital Battlespace

    Northrop Grumman announces new CIP capability

    15th March 2013

    Northrop Grumman’s Common Imagery Processor (CIP) has demonstrated the ability to process Global Hawk Block 40 data on the Distributed Common Ground System – Imagery …

  • Defence Helicopter

    US Navy orders six more MQ-8C Fire Scout UAVs

    12th March 2013

    Northrop Grumman will supply six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters to the US Navy under a $71 million contract announced on 12 March. The …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Global Hawk exchanges radar data with Joint STARS

    7th March 2013

    The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft has successfully exchanged radar data with the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B …

  • Defence Helicopter

    Heli-Expo 2013: Rolls Royce announces latest engine evolution

    5th March 2013

    Rolls Royce used the start of the Heli-Expo exhibition in Las Vegas to launch the latest variant of its M250 engine. The M250-C47E features the …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Avalon: Australian opposition hints at return to BAMS

    28th February 2013

    Northrop Grumman has noted a commitment by Australia’s conservative opposition that Australia would return to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) system, but is not …

  • Uncrewed Vehicles

    Triton set to make first flight this year

    25th February 2013

    Northrop Grumman’s Triton MQ-4C will fly for the first time before the middle of 2013, and two system development and demonstration (SDD) platforms will likely …

Programme Results - Defence Insight

Equipment Results - Defence Insight

  • Air: Integrated cockpit systems

    H-1 Family of Avionics

    Northrop Grumman produces a family of avionics for Bell H-1-series helicopters.

  • Military - UUVs

    Manta Ray

    Manta Ray is an uncrewed underwater vessel (UUV) developed by Northrop Grumman.

  • 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 ...

  • R-Bat

    The Rotary Bat (R-Bat) is the rotary-wing member of the Bat family of sUAS. The R-Bat was designed with Yamaha Motor USA and has been ...

  • 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 ...

  • Unguided Tank Ammunition

    120mm M1028 Canister

    The 120mm M1028 Canister is an anti-personnel tank round designed by Northrop Grumman for use by the Abrams tank.

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

    MK238 High Explosive Incendiary with Tracer And Self-Destruct (HEI-T/SD)

    The MK238 High Explosive Incendiary with Tracer and Self-Destruct (HEI-T/SD) is a 30mm round developed by Northrop Grumman.

  • Unguided Medium Calibre Ammunition

    XM1182 High Explosive Airburst with Trace (HEAB-T)

    The XM1182 High Explosive Airburst with Trace (HEAB-T) is a high explosive round developed by Northrop Grumman for the US Army.

  • Air: Integrated cockpit systems

    ITAS

    Northrop Grumman is a major producer of tactical information management systems for maritime patrol, ASW, ASuW, SAR and related applications. The Northrop Grumman AN/ASN-150 and ...

  • Air: UAS radar

    AN/ZPQ-1 TESAR

    The Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar (TESAR), developed by Northrop Grumman, is primarily designed for use on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as the Predator. 

  • 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 ...

  • AEW&C, Maritime patrol

    E-2 Hawkeye

    The E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C; aircraft has gone through several iterations and can be operated from land, as with Egypt and Mexico, or from a carrier, ...

  • Air: Displays

    B-2 Multi-Function Displays

    Developed and produced by Northrop Grumman, new multi-function displays procured under the B-2 Display Modernisation Program will replace the ageing MDU-F3 screens on 20 aircraft.