Autonomous Systems

The latest addition to the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet will be commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.   LCS is a flexible, reconfigurable class of ship designed to patrol close to...

NEWPORT, R.I. – Sept. 19, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) in collaboration with industry partners participated in the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) last month in Newport, Rhode Island.  The company demonstrated...

MOSS POINT, Miss. – Sept. 14, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently began flight tests for MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft  produced in Moss Point at the Trent Lott International Airport, a major milestone for the company and the...

MOSS POINT, Miss. – June 25, 2018 –Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), joined by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and members of Mississippi’s federal and state delegations, officially opened a new operational area of their Moss Point facility today...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Dec.6, 2017 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) autonomous Fire Scout helicopters, the MQ-8B and MQ-8C, continued to strengthen the combat capability and lethality of the U.S. Navy’s air and surface warfare communities...

Seoul ADEX 2017 to be held at Seoul Airport, Oct. 17-22 Northrop Grumman to exhibit in booth A61             FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Oct. 15, 2017 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will highlight its advanced global security capabilities at...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Oct. 1, 2017 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will highlight its advanced global security capabilities at the Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2017, Oct. 3-5 in Sydney, Australia.               A media kit...

Northrop Grumman Fire Scout instructors helped an elite detachment of Fire Scout Air Vehicle Operators (AVO) from the U.S. Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 train and rehearse for a historic two-part demonstration.  The AVOs trained for a...

As technology advances the world is rapidly evolving. Technological barriers are being smashed, opening the way to vastly improved global defense and security capabilities. All without a person in the cockpit. As autonomous programs such as the...

PACIFIC OCEAN –April 11, 2017 –Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) autonomous helicopter, MQ-8C Fire Scout, took to the air for the first time from a U.S. Navy independence-class Littoral Combat ship, USS Montgomery (LCS-8). The flight took place...