Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Building Company-Owned Unmanned Aircraft for Navy's Triton Program
08 Janvier 2013 - 3:00PM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is building a company-owned
unmanned aircraft for use as a development and demonstration
platform for at-sea surveillance under the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton
program.
A photo accompanying this release is available at
http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=16462
Triton provides a detailed picture of surface vessels to
identify threats across vast areas of ocean and littoral areas.
With its ability to fly missions up to 24 hours, Triton complements
many manned surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
Wing sections were joined to the aircraft's fuselage at the
company's production facility in Palmdale, Calif. The aircraft will
be outfitted with the same intelligence-gathering sensors and
communications suite as the Navy's Triton program.
"The aircraft will initially be used to further testing efforts
for the Navy as we prepare Triton to be operational in late 2015,"
said Steve Enewold, Northrop Grumman's vice president and program
manager for Triton. "Eventually, we will use the aircraft as a test
bed to improve system performance, incorporate new
intelligence-gathering capabilities and conduct
demonstrations."
All production efforts related to this system were funded
internally by the company. Northrop Grumman has also built other
company-owned unmanned systems such as Fire Scout, using them to
demonstrate new control software and sensor payloads.
"We've proven that company-owned systems allow us to reduce risk
in testing efforts and deliver capabilities faster to our
customers," said Enewold.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government
and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Warren Comer
858-618-7788 (office)
858-705-7246 (mobile)
warren.comer@ngc.com
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