Northrop Grumman's Bat(tm) Unmanned Aircraft System Successfully Demonstrates Communications Relay Payload During Multiple Flights

Northrop Grumman's Bat(tm) Unmanned Aircraft System Successfully
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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