WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.,
May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/
-- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has achieved a
significant milestone by delivering its 8,000th LN-100 inertial
navigation system (INS), which provides primary and backup
navigation information for a variety of airborne and shipboard
platforms.
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"After 20 years of continuous production, our LN-100 product
continues to provide reliable, high performance to a broad customer
community while evolving with emerging needs," said Gorik
Hossepian, vice president of Northrop Grumman's Navigation and
Positioning Systems business unit.
In production since March 1993,
the LN-100 has been delivered to more than 70 customers worldwide
and is in use on both tactical and transport aircraft, including
U.S. Navy and Air Force platforms such as the F/A-18 Hornet, F-22
Raptor, MH-60 Seahawk, P-3 Orion, EA-6B Prowler, E-3 Airborne
Warning and Control System, RC-135, T-45 Goshawk and multiple
foreign military platforms. Northrop Grumman's LN-100 is also
utilized aboard remotely piloted aircraft, including the RQ-4
Global Hawk and MQ-1 Predator, as well as multiple shipboard
platforms.
The LN-100 is a non-dithered GPS-aided INS that utilizes
Northrop Grumman's Zero-lock™ gyro (ZLG™) technology. Optimally
combining INS and selective availability/anti-spoofing
module-compliant GPS features, the LN-100 provides a tightly
integrated solution for enhanced position, velocity, attitude and
pointing performance. The system features hybrid GPS/INS,
free-inertial, and GPS-only navigation solutions.
Northrop Grumman has experience in developing and supporting all
current production gyro technologies. Besides its unique Zero-lock™
gyros, it produces spinning mass gyros, ring laser gyros,
fiber-optic gyros, micro electro-mechanical system gyros and
hemispheric resonator gyros.
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.
SOURCE Northrop Grumman Corporation