Northrop Grumman Continues as Minuteman III Support Contractor
As prime contractor since 2015, Northrop Grumman will continue to provide engineering and field services to sustain Minuteman III through to the end of its service life later next decade
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As prime contractor since 2015, Northrop Grumman will continue to provide engineering and field services to sustain Minuteman III through to the end of its service life later next decade
Raytheon Intelligence & Space will begin production and deployment of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB), the U.S. Navy’s advanced electronic attack system that offensively denies, disrupts and degrades enemy technology
Lockheed Martin and Israel Aerospace Industries will explore potential joint opportunities in areas such as research and development, production, marketing and other activities
The Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure will provide complete spherical protection and is able to output more than enough laser energy to protect the Global 7500 aircraft from infrared-guided missile threats
The Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) project led by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory will develop an upgraded software system that will allow missiles to work together and communicate during missions
The Northrop Grumman propulsion systems team is addressing sustainment challenges such as material obsolescence, associated hardware and/or equipment repair, and propellant aging-surveillance testing and analysis
IAI will install MF-STAR radars and BARAK MX Air Defense Systems on the Israeli Navy’s Sa'ar 6 corvette warship to enable location and classification of air and surface targets, and provide a layer of defense against aerial and naval threats
Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Air Force contract to build more Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems on fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft to provide spherical protection by detecting, tracking and jamming incoming infrared threats
The Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) extended range-based (CAMM-ER) air defense missile is designed to provide defense against evolving airborne threats at ranges over 40 km
The Trophy, Active Protection System (APS) from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems provides mature, combat-proven protection against rocket and missile threats and simultaneously locates the origin of the hostile fire for immediate response
Northrop Grumman successfully completed Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 system integration, and formal qualification testing, indicating that the system is ready to transition to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing
The WatchGuard Radar is a fifth generation of movement-detection tactical Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) designed for use in complex missions, employing both staring and electronic-steering search techniques