MQ-4C BAMS UAS
Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System
U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Successfully Test Systems Required to Operate X-47B Unmanned System From an Aircraft CarrierManned Surrogate Using X-47B Software Makes Trial Landings on USS Eisenhower | ||
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., July 5, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) have successfully completed a demonstration of the ship-based software and systems that will allow the X-47B unmanned air vehicle to operate from the deck of an aircraft carrier. The test, conducted July 2 in the western Atlantic with the Navy carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69), culminated with several successful launches and recoveries of a manned surrogate aircraft equipped with X-47B precision navigation control software. Learn More |
Unmanned Global Hawk Completes First Production Acceptance Multi-Intelligence Sensor Flight | ||
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., July 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The newest Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) built RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft completed the first of many production acceptance flights of an operational Block 30 multi-intelligence sensor package on May 25, flown from Palmdale, Calif.Learn More |
Lockheed Martin delivers 100th Romeo to U.S. Navy; Australia selects aircraft to replace existing fleet Lockheed Martin delivered the 100th MH-60R maritime helicopter to the U.S. Navy recently as part of the Navy’s plan to purchase 300 MH-60Rs to replace its aging fleet of SH-60B and SH-60F helicopters. The MH-60R maritime helicopter took center stage at Lockheed Martin’s Owego, N.Y., facility on June 28 with the delivery of the 100th aircraft to the U.S. Navy. Learn More |