Autonomous Systems

SAN DIEGO – Feb. 13, 2023 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully demonstrated its gateway technology in a flight test that proved the ability to connect airborne platforms with naval assets. The first-of-its-kind demonstration was...

PALMDALE, Calif. – Sept. 14, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft during a ceremony at its high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft production site in California. The...

PALMDALE, Calif. – Feb. 2, 2022 – (PHOTO RELEASE) A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) MQ-4C Triton takes to the skies over the California desert as the Triton low-rate initial production schedule progresses. Known as B8, this is the first...

PALMDALE, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a significant milestone in the production of Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft when the aircraft fuselage was...

CANBERRA, Australia – Sept. 1, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) has successfully delivered the Triton Network Integration Test Environment (NITE) to the Commonwealth of Australia ahead of schedule, marking another milestone in the Australian...

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – July 30, 2021 – A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC)-built MQ-4C Triton took to the skies for the first time in the highly upgraded multi-intelligence configuration known as integrated functional capability...

SAN DIEGO – May 10, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to prototype and reduce the risk of integrating sense and avoid (SAA) capabilities into the high-altitude, long-endurance MQ-4C Triton autonomous...

CANBERRA, Australia – Dec. 3, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed Phase 1A - initial development - of the MQ-4C Triton Network Integration Test Environment (NITE), located at Royal Australian Air Force Base Edinburgh in South...

MOSS POINT, Miss. – Oct. 27, 2020 – Northrop Grumman has initiated the build process for Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.  In a ceremony broadcast to a virtual...

In January this year, the U.S. Navy deployed Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton to Guam. The deployment is a first for the high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. The Guam deployment is part...