Northrop Grumman's Navigation System Contributes to Successful Test Flights of the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Demonst...
07 Mars 2016 - 9:00AM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), in cooperation with Saab
Aerosystems, has provided the Attitude and Heading Reference System
(AHRS) for the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV)
demonstrator, which recently conducted more than 100 test flights
in France, Italy and Sweden.
Northrop Grumman's subsidiary in Germany, Northrop Grumman
LITEF, supplied the fibre-optic, gyro-compassing LCR-100 AHRS for
the European nEUROn UCAV demonstrator. The LCR-100 is Technical
Standard Order/ European Technical Standard Order (TSO/ETSO)
certified and has been developed according to DO-178 and DO-254
standards.
The LCR-100 is one of the key components of the sensors suite of
nEUROn used for navigation and flight guidance and control. The
LCR-100 provides primary flight control information to the nEUROn
flight control system, as well as hybrid inertial and Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) navigation information through a
separate GNSS unit.
Dassault Aviation, prime contractor for the nEUROn UCAV
demonstrator, declared that the LCR-100 proved its capability to
provide accurate and reliable information during all nEUROn flight
test campaigns, adding to overall confidence in the demonstrator's
navigation system.
"We are very proud to contribute to this successful European
UCAV program," said Eckehardt Keip, managing director, Northrop
Grumman LITEF. "Once again, our LCR-100 gyro-compassing AHRS has
demonstrated its superior performance in an advanced aircraft
platform."
The nEUROn is an experimental UCAV developed with international
cooperation, led by France, and includes government and industry
partners from Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. It is
the first large-size stealth platform to be designed in Europe. The
program aims to develop, test and sustain key technologies for use
by European manufacturers in the next generation of unmanned aerial
vehicles and combat aircraft.
Northrop Grumman LITEF is a leading supplier of inertial
sensors, inertial reference, and inertial navigation systems and
computers. Its products are deployed across more than 30 countries
in aircraft, marine vessels and ground mobile applications. The
company has more than 15,000 fibre-optic gyro systems serving in
aircraft worldwide.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems,
cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernization to government
and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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