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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman AHRS played critical role in nEUROn flight
19th February 2013
Northrop Grumman has announced that its German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF, provided the fibre-optic, gyrocompassing LCR-100 attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Aero India 2013: Northrop Grumman ambitions stalled by missile control treaty
7th February 2013
Northrop Grumman is unable to offer the Triton UAV for an Indian Navy requirement for a maritime ISR platform until government-level discussions dictate the future …
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Defence Helicopter
US Army receives first CIRCM missile defence system
1st February 2013
The US Army has received the first of eight Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) missile defence systems to be delivered by Northrop Grumman under a $31.4 …
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Defence Helicopter
Northrop Grumman wins US Navy H-1 helicopter contract
31st January 2013
Northrop Grumman will provide Gen II mission computers for the US Navy’s H-1 Upgrade helicopter programme under a new contract announced on 29 January. The …
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Defence Helicopter
Fire Scout payload protection to be enhanced
31st January 2013
Northrop Grumman will protect the payload onboard the next-generation MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with a protective cage to store and shield critical electronic components …
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Digital Battlespace
West 2013: CANES schedule advances three years
31st January 2013
Cost savings gained through the competition strategy applied to the CANES (Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) programme has allowed its introduction to be accelerated …
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, ...
