Northrop Grumman Demonstrates New Maritime Domain Awareness Capabilities at Annual US Navy Technology Exercise
25 Août 2016 - 6:00PM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) demonstrated new cross
domain approaches for autonomous undersea, surface and air vehicles
to advance the Anti-Submarine Warfare mission during this year's
Annual Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) at Naval Undersea Warfare
Center (NUWC) in Newport.
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Data collected from multiple sensors arrayed across autonomous
undersea, surface and air vehicles were fused autonomously to
develop a real-time tracking solution that guided a surrogate
autonomous air vehicle to engage a contact for live drop of a
replica torpedo, for the first time.
ANTX is an annual three-day event developed by NUWC to
demonstrate future Navy technologies in a low risk environment.
Government, academia and industry participants gather to showcase
new capabilities to push the boundaries of what is possible in a
complex environment.
"Integration of our proven autonomous systems across the
different maritime environments will enable a shared allied network
and common operating picture for enhanced maritime domain awareness
which remains a challenge," said Brian Chappel, vice president,
autonomous systems, Northrop Grumman.
The demonstration features advanced mission management and
control of a multi-vehicle collaborative autonomous
system-of-systems conducting full spectrum search, detect, track,
classify and engagement of submerged targets.
"Northrop Grumman continues to invest to broaden the
capabilities of individual autonomous systems and expand the
ability of those unmanned systems to interoperate effectively to
perform missions," said Alan Lytle, vice president, undersea
systems, Northrop Grumman. "Our mission level autonomy allows
heterogeneous autonomous systems to understand the unfolding
mission and dynamically re-task themselves without human
intervention."
Northrop Grumman brings a strong skillset of sensor, maritime
and autonomous expertise to this area. Earlier this year, the
company demonstrated its latest maritime domain awareness detection
capabilities off the southern coast of California during a 43 day
test. In collaboration with Ultra USSI and Liquid Robotics the team
validated a range of sensors and systems using autonomous surface
vehicles.
The autonomous surface vehicles collected data, validated
contacts and processed real time data transmission to ground
operators via surrogate autonomous aircraft and satellite for
exploitation, thus providing an effective maritime domain
capability.
"These long-endurance autonomous demonstrations are a vital part
of our maritime efforts," said Rick Crooks, director, advanced
development, Northrop Grumman. "Our advanced architecture enables
an integrated cross-domain data flow throughout maritime centers,
creating actionable intelligence for emerging threats."
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 customers
worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more
information.
CONTACT: T.J. Ortega
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858-204-6241 (mobile)
timothy.ortega@ngc.com
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