Land Warfare

Iron Dome keeps making strides in the US

3rd August 2022

Following a successful integration with the US Marine Corps, the Iron Dome is one step closer to being fielded by the US Army.

Land Warfare

US selects Northrop Grumman for homeland missile defence

1st August 2022

Northrop Grumman recruited to bolster US intermediate and intercontinental ballistic missile defence.

Land Warfare

US Army places major artillery fuze order

28th July 2022

The US Army has placed an order worth more than $533 million for the M782 Multi-Option Artillery Fuze.

Land Warfare

Northrop Grumman gains more JCREW work

27th July 2022

NAVSEA is exercising options for spares and engineering services for C-IED technology.

Digital Battlespace

USAF orders extra SABR AESA radars for F-16s

25th July 2022

Northrop Grumman will produce and supply 31 additional AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar AESA radars for USAF F-16 fighter aircraft.

Training

US Army seeks more 120mm training ammo for Abrams

25th July 2022

US Army orders more training ammunition for the 120mm main gun on the M1A2 Abrams MBT.

Air Warfare

AARGM-ER missile undergoes third live fire test

22nd July 2022

Following its latest test launch from a USN Super Hornet, AARGM-ER detected and engaged a land-based air defence system.

Uncrewed Vehicles

Farnborough 2022: Kratos completes XQ-58A Valkyrie test flights for Skyborg

19th July 2022

The latest XQ-58A Valkyrie test flights will help to inform future Skyborg concepts of use for the USAF, says Kratos.

Digital Battlespace

US contracts L3Harris, Northrop Grumman for missile-tracking satellite layer to counter hypersonic threats

19th July 2022

The US Space Development agency has contracted with L3Harris and Northrop Grumman to deliver prototype satellites to provide a global missile warning and tracking capability that can detect hypersonic weapons.

Defence Notes

DARPA and US Air Force complete second hypersonic weapon flight test

19th July 2022

Raytheon and Northrop Grumman announced on 18 July that they have completed the second flight test of the scramjet-powered HAWC.

Defence Notes

Iron Dome put to live-fire test by US Marine Corps

18th July 2022

A Rafael Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor missile have been successfully deployed in a live-fire test by the US Marine Corps.

Avionics: Integrated cockpit systems

H-1 Family of Avionics

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

Air: sonar systems

AQS-24B

The AQS-24B is an airborne and surface minehunting system, designed for the USN and coalition partners. On 21 September 2016, it was announced that Northrop ...

Bomber

B-2 Spirit

The B-2 Spirit is a multirole stealth bomber manufactured by Northrop Grumman for the USAF. The Spirit is a flying wing aircraft, meaning that it ...

Avionics: 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: Integrated Defensive Systems

Defensive Management System-Modernisation

The Defensive Management System-Modernisation (DMS-M) is the overarching effort to substantially enhance the Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit strategic bomber’s Integrated Self-Protection System (ISPS) which includes ...

Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar

AN/ASQ-236

The AN/ASQ-236 synthetic aperture radar pod can be used to assist cartography, generate bomb damage assessments and perform general day and night surveillance. The pod ...

Air: AEW/fire control radar

Grifo-346

The Grifo-346 is a combat aircraft X-band radar covering +/-60° in azimuth and elevation and a weight under one kilogram. It can track up to ...

Sea: naval surveillance radar

AN/SPQ-9B

The AN/SPQ-9B TWS radar is used with the MK86 and MK160 gunfire control systems. It detects sea-skimming missiles on the horizon, including in heavy clutter, ...

Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers

AN/ALR-67(V)3

The AN/ALR-67 series Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) has been produced both by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. It is one of the most widely used RWRs ...

Air: Defensive Systems - Radar Warning Receivers

AN/ALR-67B(V)2

The AN/ALR-67 series Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) has been produced both by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. It is one of the most widely used RWRs ...

Air: Defensive Systems - MLDS, Land: Defensive Systems - Gunshot Detection / Hostile Fire Indicator

ShotFinder Acoustic Hostile Fire Detection

Northrop Grumman’s ShotFinder is a hostile fire detection system designed to protect aircraft against small arms and light weapons fire. The apparatus employs acoustic technology ...

ISR/special mission, Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

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 ...

Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming

CIRCM

The Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system is an infrared (IR) countermeasure designed to defeat IR-guided Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs). It is intended to yield cost savings ...

Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: UAS radar

AN/ZPY-5 VADER

The Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER) is being developed for use with the Sky Warrior UAV to enable accurate ground moving target indication data ...

EW test systems

JTE

The Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) is a multi-threat, high-fidelity simulator with realistic ERP levels, which simulates single- and double-digit surface-to-air and anti-aircraft artillery radar systems. ...