Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Media Briefings
August 5th, 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation will participate in a series of media briefings during the AUVSI North America 2009 conference in Washington, D.C. The briefings will cover the growing family of systems developed by Northrop Grumman, a leading producer of unmanned systems in the air, on the ground and at sea. The company will detail:
-- Its extensive experience with autonomy and mission management
that includes over 25,000 combat hours for the RQ-4 Global Hawk
high altitude long endurance aircraft
-- Its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aircraft system
that has the growth and flexibility to meet U.S. Navy needs for
the next 20 years
-- The progress of the MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical unmanned aircraft
system towards operational evaluation, including recently
conducted operations aboard the USS McInerney (FFG-8)
-- New developments with Remotec unmanned ground systems
-- A team briefing with the U.S. Navy will provide updates on the
Navy's Expeditionary Overwatch program
-- The progress towards providing the U.S. Navy with a
carrier-capable unmanned aircraft system - the X-47B Navy
Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration
-- Its new platform offering, the Bat(tm) UAS
What: Media Briefing Schedule
Where: Washington D.C. Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Room #203A
Washington, DC 20001
RSVP: To respective media contacts listed below.
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Time/Location Topic Presenter(s) Media Contact
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Tuesday, Why Unmanned? Gene Fraser, Rene' Freeland;
August 11 Northrop Vice President rene.freeland@ngc.com
11 a.m. - Grumman and Deputy Mobile: 858.232.2847
12 p.m. Unmanned Aerospace
Systems Systems Strike
Washington Overview - and Surveillance
D.C. in the air, Division
Convention on the
Center ground and
Press Room at sea
#203A/B
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Tuesday, Broad Area Captain Robert Jim Stratford
August 11 Maritime Dishman, jim.stratford@ngc.com
12-1 p.m. Surveillance PMA 262 Mobile: 321.960.8497
Overview Program
Washington and Program Manager, NAVAIR
D.C. Update
Convention
Center Walt Kreitler
Press Room Director, Broad
#203A/B Area Maritime
Surveillance
Business
Development,
Northrop Grumman
Aerospace Systems
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Tuesday, RQ-4 Global Tom Twomey, Jim Stratford
August 11 Hawk High Director, jim.stratford@ngc.com
1-2 p.m. Altitude High-Altitude, Mobile: 321.960.8497
Long Long-Endurance
Washington Endurance Systems
D.C. Overview and Business
Convention Program Development,
Center Update Northrop Grumman
Press Room Aerospace
#203A/B Systems
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Tuesday, MQ-8B Fire Mike Fuqua Sherri Pineda
August 11 Scout Director, sherri.pineda@ngc.com
2-3 p.m. Vertical MQ-8B Fire Mobile: 858. 943.1152
Unmanned Scout
Washington Aircraft Business
D.C. System Development,
Convention Overview and Northrop Grumman
Center Program Aerospace
Press Room Update Systems
#203A/B
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Tuesday, Unmanned Mike Knopp, Rene' Freeland;
August 11 Systems on President, rene.freeland@ngc.com
3-4 p.m. the Ground - Northrop Mobile: 858.232.2847
Washington Remotec Grumman
D.C. Overview Remotec
Convention and Program
Center Update
Press Room
#203A/B
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Wednesday, Unmanned at Larry Datko Rene' Freeland;
August 12 Sea - Navy Program rene.freeland@ngc.com
8-9 a.m. Expeditionary Manager, Mobile: 858.232.2847
Overwatch Expeditionary
Washington Update Warfare
D.C. Northrop
Convention Grumman
Center Electronic
Press Room Systems
#203A/B
Nelson Mills
Technical Lead,
Navy
Expeditionary
Overwatch
Naval Surface
Warfare Center
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Wednesday, X-47B Navy Scott Winship, Cyndi Wegerbauer
August 12 Unmanned Vice cyndi.wegerbauer@ngc.com
9-10 a.m. Combat Air President Mobile: 858.705.3280
System and Program
Update - Manager,
Progression Navy UCAS,
Washington Towards Northrop
D.C. Providing Grumman
Convention the U.S. Aerospace
Center Navy with a Systems
Press Room Carrier-
#203A/B Capable
Aircraft
System
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Wednesday, Bat(tm) Tom Twomey, Cyndi Wegerbauer
August 12 Unmanned Director, cyndi.wegerbauer@ngc.com
11 a.m. Aircraft Business Mobile: 858.705.3280
- 12 p.m. System Development,
Program Northrop
Overview Grumman
Washington Aerospace
D.C. Systems
Convention
Center
Press Room
#203A/B
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Northrop Grumman has been in the UAS business for more than 60 years,
providing more than 100,000 unmanned systems to military customers in
the U.S. and abroad.
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