Northrop Grumman

Details: Written by MARCUS WEISGERBER; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 25 March 2021

The Pentagon has chosen Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon Technologies team to develop a new generation of interceptors to protect the United States from long-range missile attacks. The announcement comes just days after North Korea reportedly fired missiles in response to U.S. and South Korean military exercises. The companies selected by the Pentagon Tuesday will now compete against one another; a winner is expected to be chosen to build up to 20 the Next Generation Interceptors in the mid-2020s.

Details: Written by Kris Osborn; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 23 March 2021

The U.S. Military Is Getting Ready to Fight A New Kind of War | The National Interest Enemy radar relies upon an electronic signal, guidance systems directing incoming enemy missiles need electronics to impact targets, and many forms of enemy communications such as radio and RF-based datalinks also require electromagnetic transmissions. These seemingly obvious or self-evident realities speak to an increasingly vital, yet under-recognized element of modern war: electronic warfare.

Details: Written by News18; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 15 February 2021

Manta Ray submarine. (Image Credit: DARPA) United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is building a submarine that will never run out of power. According to a recent report in Forbes, the defence agency has given contracts to a company named Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group to build a demonstration version of the new unmanned underwater vehicle, named Manta Ray.

Details: Written by Harry Lye; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 11 February 2021

In the week 31 January to 6 February two aerospace, defence and security acquisitions took place seeing Veritas Capital acquire Northrop Grumman’s IT and Mission Support Services Business for $3.4bn and General Atomics purchase Tiger Innovations for an undisclosed fee according to tracking by GlobalData.

Details: Written by Army Technology; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 03 February 2021

Northrop Grumman has completed the divestment of its IT services business to an affiliate of US-based private equity firm Veritas Capital for $3.4bn. As previously agreed, the divested business will combine with Peraton, which focuses on providing intelligence, communications and other services to select federal agencies and commercial entities.

Details: Written by Army Recognition; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 25 January 2021

According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on January 22, 2021, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, California, is being awarded a firm-fixed-price Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor prototype award with a total value of $155,030,206 through the United States Missile Defense Agency’s authority.

Details: Written by Matt Brown; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 18 November 2020

Northrop Grumman enhances NATO security with fifth RQ-4D Phoenix The aircraft departed on Wednesday, November 11 from Palmdale, California and landed nearly 20 hours later on November 12 at Sigonella Air Base, Sigonella, Italy. The air vehicle is the last of five NATO RQ-4D aircraft, thus completing deliveries to the Main Operating Base (MOB) of the NATO AGS system of systems comprised of aircraft, ground and support segments.

Details: Written by AEROTECH NEWS; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 29 October 2020

Northrop Grumman Initiates Build of First Australian Triton | Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman has initiated the build process for Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. In a ceremony broadcast to a virtual audience, speakers from the Australian Government, Royal Australian Air Force, U.S. Congress, U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman emphasized the significance of this event.

Details: Written by marketscreener.com; Category: Northrop Grumman; Published: 28 October 2020

Australia confirms purchase of second MQ-4C Triton - Australian Aviation Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) and Airbus Australia Pacific have entered into a strategic teaming agreement to cooperate in the delivery of advanced and optimised aircraft sustainment capabilities at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh in South Australia. 'With the imminent arrival of ground-based infrastructure for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned system, we are already working on expanding our presence at Edinburgh,' said Chris Deeble, chief executive, Northrop Grumman Australia.