Northrop Grumman Selected to Provide Replacement Inertial Navigation System to US Navy
15 Décembre 2015 - 2:00PM
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a
base year contract valued at $19.8 million, with a total potential
value of $47.8 million over five years, to develop the replacement
inertial navigation system (INS-R) deployed on most Navy combat and
support ships.
INS-R supports the new Navy Assured Positioning Navigation and
Timing (A-PNT) architecture being developed by the Navy which
provides increased navigation accuracy in challenging maritime
combat environments. All Navy ships and submarines will require
this level of navigation accuracy and weapon systems alignment
data.
"The INS-R will be the foundation of the assured position,
navigation and timing suite for virtually all Navy ships," said
Todd Leavitt, vice president, maritime systems business unit,
Northrop Grumman. "Our inertial navigation system will provide very
accurate position and attitude information for the Navy's combat
and support ships to help them accomplish their demanding
missions."
Fiber optic gyro sensor development will take place at multiple
Northrop Grumman facilities, while integration into the inertial
measuring unit and incorporation of the navigation algorithms will
be carried out in Charlottesville. The Charlottesville campus
currently provides the WSN-7 INS, predecessor to the INS-R, which
has been supporting the Navy for more than 20 years.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Fernando Catta-Preta
434-974-2736 (office)
434-242-9283 (mobile)
fernando.catta-preta@ngc.com
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