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San Diego - Sep 04, 2003Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector has been named an industry partner on the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS) program by Boeing and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the program's lead system integrators. The win marks a major expansion of the sector's role as a provider of integrated systems solutions for the Army. Northrop Grumman Tasgets Missile Defense Countermeasures Program 
Reston - Sep 03, 2003A Northrop Grumman team has submitted its proposal to compete for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures prime integration program, valued at more than $1 billion during the initial four-year period of performance. |
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Hacking Down Civilization
London - Sep 01, 2003In January this year a computer worm disabled a safety system in a US nuclear power station, leading to renewed demands for security on electricity grids to be overhauled. Airborne Sensor Technology Assists Emergency Responders 
Los Alamos - Aug 28, 2003Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and emergency first-responders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have developed airborne infrared sensor technology that can aid emergency crews by detecting and mapping hazardous and toxic chemical plumes unleashed by disaster or terrorist acts. Precision Munition Achieves Perfect Score In Army UAV Tests 
Huntsville - Aug 28, 2003The U.S. Army's new Viper Strike precision munition, designed and built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, scored direct hits on nine out of nine targets during a successful flight demonstration conducted July 25-28. The weapon was dispensed from the Army's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also a Northrop Grumman product. US Army Eyes Mobile Laser Weapon For Tactical Missile Defense 
Redondo Beach - Aug 26, 2003The U.S. Army and the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD) have selected a Northrop Grumman Corporation design concept for the Mobile Tactical High-Energy Laser (MTHEL) prototype, a laser weapon capable of shooting down short-range rockets and artillery projectiles in flight. First Ground Tests For Latest Milstar 
Redondo Beach - Aug 26, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation has received the first test terminal for the Department of Defense's next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequencies (EHF) satellite system from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. India To Build Unmanned Vehicle For Oceanic Operations 
Bangalore (PTI) Aug 26, 2003India has embarked on a project to build a "concept demonstrator" of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle in 30 months, a top defence official said recently. Fire Scout Gets Airborne With Raytheon's Tactical Software
San Diego - Aug 26, 2003The U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle system (UAV), produced by Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector, has completed its first flights under control of Raytheon's Tactical Control System (TCS) software. The flights were conducted Aug. 8 at the Navy's Webster Field Annex near Patuxent River, Md. |
Australian Govt Eyes Criminal Penalies For Illegal Internet Use
Canberra - Aug 22, 2003Using the internet in Australia for offensive and menacing purposes, including harassment and the advocacy of violence, will be outlawed as part of a crackdown on e-crime, the Australia minister for communications said Wednesday. E-10A Battle Management Command And Control System Takes Form 
Melbourne - Aug 21, 2003Northrop Grumman Corporation has taken a significant step toward giving U.S. military commanders a new, integrated approach for rapidly achieving information superiority on the battlefield through the seamless integration of multiple sensors and airborne strike systems. Northrop Grumman To Enhance Resolution Of Army Combat Terrain System 
Herndon - Aug 20, 2003Northrop Grumman's Information Technology sector will help provide U.S. Army commanders with enhanced digital battlefield maps under a new topographic information contract with the Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Topographic Engineering Center, a Corps of Engineer R&D laboratory, Alexandria, Va. Top National Disaster Responders To Train At NASA Ames Center 
Moffett Field - Aug 20, 2003Crawling through a dark tunnel in piles of rubble, wondering whether the next person you find will be alive or dead, and not knowing whether there is another explosive device in the building are typical issues to be faced by some of the nation's top disaster response specialists during a collapsed-structure exercise at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. AMSTE Team Demonstrates Single Radar Solution For Moving Targets 
Eglin AFB - Aug 15, 2003Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector demonstrated in a recent test a simpler, more cost-effective way to use the Affordable Moving Surface Target Engagement (AMSTE) system. Fire Scout UAV Radar Package Checks Out Okay
San Diego - Aug 12, 2003Northrop Grumman has demonstrated, through a series of test flights, that a synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator (SAR/MTI) system can be integrated and operated successfully on the company's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system. South Korea Begins Construction Of New Space Center 
Seoul - Aug 12, 2003A groundbreaking ceremony for the nation's first rocket launching site was held on Friday (Aug. 8), marking the start of the government's bid to become the world's 13th country with a space center. |
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