Northrop Grumman's Navigation System Contributes to Successful Test Flights of the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Demonst...
07 Mars 2016 - 9:00AM
FREIBURG, Germany, March 7, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- 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.
CONTACT: Joyce Chang
818-715-2442 (office)
818-746-6586 (mobile)
joyce.chang@ngc.com
Ken Beedle (London)
+44 (0) 207 747 1910 (office)
+44 (0) 7787 174092 (mobile)
ken.beedle@euro.ngc.com
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