Demonstrates Communications Relay Payload During Multiple Flights
August 5, 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully demonstrated a communications relay payload for a government customer during multiple flights of its Bat(tm) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Ideally suited to an irregular warfare environment, Bat(tm)
offers real-time ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance),
communications and strike capabilities in a system that is affordable,
organic and persistent. Bat(tm) is runway independent, fully
autonomous, and can be launched and recovered from land, air and sea.
The flight demonstrations occurred June 23-26, 2009 at Naval
Air Facility El Centro, Calif. Northrop Grumman also demonstrated the
Bat(tm) system's reliability with five flights over the four-day
period.
"We are extremely pleased with the results of these flights,
which were conducted in a realistic, desert theater setting," said
Corey Moore, vice president of Advanced Concepts - Air and Land Systems
for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector.
Northrop Grumman is integrating several new payloads, a common
ground control architecture and air vehicle upgrades that include a new
engine, a new launcher capability and several air vehicle capability
enhancements.
The communications relay payload was demonstrated on an air
vehicle with a wingspan of 10 feet. The Bat(tm) product line features
wingspans ranging from 6.5 to 33.2 feet.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security
company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products
and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems,
shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial
customers worldwide.
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