Autonomous Systems

DEVENS, Mass., April 12, 2016 -- Designed to significantly advance the science and technology supporting exoplanet research, the PICTURE-B mission of the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell ...

FREIBURG, Germany, March 7, 2016 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, which ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25, 2016 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully flew a SYERS-2 intelligence gathering sensor on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), marking the first time the legacy U.S. ...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Feb. 19, 2016 -- The public is invited to witness remarkable never before seen views of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the new Discovery Channel documentary film "TELESCOPE," by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn. ...

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Feb. 16, 2016 -- The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) built for the U.S. Navy by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed Operational Assessment (OA). Pending final data ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15, 2016 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is highlighting key maritime defense capabilities during WEST 2016 , a naval conference and exposition co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, taking place ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 8, 2016 -- The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN), developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the U.S. Air Force, achieved 100,000 combat operational flight hours Jan. 30, 2016 providing critical ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5, 2016 -- The NASA Global Hawk will conduct several missions to collect detailed data over the Pacific Ocean from complex El NiĂąo weather patterns resulting from variations in ocean temperatures across the equator. The Northrop ...

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 5, 2016 -- CONNECT , an innovation company accelerator in San Diego, awarded its highest honor for a technology or product developed in San Diego to the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), manufactured by Northrop Grumman ...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research have awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) the third phase of the Tern unmanned systems program.