AI & AutonomyNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates MQ-4C Navigation In Arctic Circle - Sept. 20 Northrop Grumman on Thursday announced it demonstrated the ability of a navigation system used by a MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle to operate at high latitudes within the Arctic Circle. The company…
Editor's NoteMarine Corps Commandant Says MQ-9 Has Cloaking Pod The commandant of the Marine Corps Tuesday said the service’s MQ-9 Reaper drones have an electronic warfare pod that makes it “mostly undetectable” to opponent radars. “What they bring with them is…
Electrification and SustainabilityNavy Awards Contract to Electra To Explore Using eSTOL Aircraft For Logistics - April 24 The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Electra.aero, Inc. a contract to study how it might use the company’s hybrid-electric electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft for logistics in a contested environment,…
AI & AutonomyCurtiss-Wright Awarded $34M Contract for Advanced Airborne Data Recorder Technology Curtiss-Wright has secured a five-year, $34 million firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The contract encompasses providing Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) based airborne…
MilitaryU.S. Navy Awards Cockpit Modernization Contract to Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman will evolve the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye cockpit and computing architecture with Delta System Software Configuration 6 (DSSC 6) as part of a new contract awarded by the U.S. Navy, the…
AI & AutonomyU.S. Fourth Fleet Seeks Future Watchstander AI Tool As the U.S. Fourth Fleet starts practicing operationalizing unmanned systems, it is interested in ultimately getting watchstander data artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help sift through the added data coming in, an…
MilitaryNorthrop Unveils DARPA Shipboard Drone Concept for Navy Tactical Missions Northrop Grumman has unveiled the design of the new autonomous uncrewed vertical take-off and landing aircraft capable of operating from Navy ships at sea that it will build under a new contract…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 22, 2021 Check out the Aug. 22 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
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MilitaryUS Navy Tests Next Generation Jammer On EA-18G Growler The Navy completed the first mission systems flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) on an EA-18G Growler on Aug. 7, the service said Monday. The flight was conducted by…