Global Hawk Awarded Prestigious William W. Otterson Innovation Award
05 Janvier 2016 - 5:00PM
CONNECT, an innovation company accelerator in San Diego, awarded
its highest honor for a technology or product developed in San
Diego to the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS),
manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). The
William W. Otterson Award was given in recognition of Global Hawk's
significant impact on society and quality of life.
Global Hawk earned the award for its record-breaking endurance,
vital intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
capabilities, its support to science missions and its disaster
relief responses to wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis and
earthquakes.
"Global Hawk has always been on the cutting edge of innovation,
from its first flight in 1998, to our current efforts to fly any
current or future sensor at any time," said Mick Jaggers, vice
president and program manager, Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman.
"Global Hawk flies worldwide but is directly tied to San Diego –
its development birthplace. William Otterson's efforts to evolve
San Diego as a world-class technology community played a role in
Northrop Grumman's decision to establish its Unmanned Center of
Excellence in San Diego. We have a strong connection to this city
and are honored to accept this award."
The William W. Otterson Award is named after CONNECT's first
executive director, an early Internet entrepreneur, who worked
tirelessly to create a technology hub in San Diego. Global Hawk
received the award at a special presentation at CONNECT's annual
Most Innovative New Products ceremony Dec. 1, 2015. CONNECT is an
innovation company accelerator in San Diego focused on the
technology and life sciences sector.
Global Hawks operate at altitudes up to 60,000 feet for over 30
hours, surveying thousands of square miles on a single mission. In
addition to the Otterson Award, the Global Hawk program received
the coveted Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment Excellence Award this
year - for an unprecedented third year in a row - for demonstrating
performance excellence in aircraft maintenance and logistics
readiness.
Global Hawk first entered combat operations shortly after the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Since then, it has flown operational
missions over Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, as well as humanitarian
missions supporting relief during the 2007 Southern California
wildfires, Japanese tsunami, Haitian earthquake and the Philippines
typhoon.
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: Elizabeth Malloy
858-618-2214 (office)
858-432-8822 (mobile)
elizabeth.malloy@ngc.com
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