C4ISR

The U.S. Navy has granted initial operating capability status to Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft. The IOC declaration comes three years after the MQ-4C Triton achieved early operational capability, the company said Thursday. The unmanned aircraft is designed for high-altitude and high-endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It has an operating altitude that […] More

The U.S. Air Force has received the first EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft from BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies as part of efforts to enhance EW capabilities of air, surface and special operations forces. BAE said Tuesday the service branch will start combined developmental and operational testing of the next-generation aircraft designed to launch […] More

Northrop Grumman’s deep-sensing and targeting technology installed on a Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft was able to collate multidomain data and analyze information from commercial satellites. The findings during a test flight were part of a demonstration featured at the U.S. Army’s Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event in Yuma, Arizona, the company announced Monday. The DSaT platform was […] More

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the use of digital communications technology to facilitate mission data transmission between the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit bomber aircrew and a ground station. A B-2 plane, nicknamed Spirit of Kitty Hawk, was fitted with a Northrop-built multimission domain open architecture to support the communications process during the two-day integrated airborne […] More

Lockheed Martin has completed preliminary design reviews of all major subsystems of its Next Generation Interceptor, which is being developed for the Missile Defense Agency. The ground-based interceptor will undergo another major PDR review before moving on to the critical design review phase then the eventual delivery stage set for early 2027, the company said […] More

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division concluded acceptance sea trials of the Calhoun, a Legend-class national security cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. The vessel, also known as NSC 10, passed electric plant, propulsion and mission systems tests conducted by Ingalls and the Coast Guard, HII announced Friday. NSC 10 is named after Charles Calhoun, the Coast […] More

Lockheed Martin will develop a 500 kilowatt-class laser as part of its new contract with a Department of Defense office. The project is the second stage of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s High Energy Laser Scaling Initiative, which started with a 300 kw-class version, Lockheed said Friday. The 300-kW […] More

The U.S. Navy has declared a Northrop Grumman-built system for protecting assets from radio-controlled bombs to be in the full operational capability phase and reached the program milestone ahead of schedule. Northrop won a $505 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command in July 2017 to produce the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic […] More

Lockheed Martin obtained initial operational capability declaration from the U.S. Special Operations Command for its Dry Combat Submersible. The IOC affirms the safety of the vehicle for Special Operations Forces needing to get in and out undetected while the vessel is entirely submerged at sea, Lockheed said Monday. The Dry Combat Submersible, which was built […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Leonardo‘s subsidiaries in the U.K. and U.S. as both companies look to grow their presence in the global intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology market. The partnership will build on complementary offerings, such as sensor and ISR systems, designed to support the warfighter mission, Leonardo […] More