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Northrop-Grumman With Inside Track on Next-Gen Bomber?

May 27th, 2008 No Comments

At a cool (and covert) $2B, N-G’s Integrated Technology division has been funded to build a demonstrator which may be a twin-engine aircraft resembling an X-47B according to this AW&ST article released today  . There is some discussion that an extended range, unmanned bomber will follow based on knowledge gained from the secret-demonstrator, but [...]

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Navy Awards Northrop Grumman Unmanned Aircraft System Contract

April 22nd, 2008 1 Comment

"Enhance Awareness. To be effective, there must be a significantly increased commitment to advance maritime domain awareness (MDA) and expand intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability and capacity."     - A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower

Navy Awards Northrop Grumman Unmanned Aircraft System Contract

The Department of the Navy announced today that the Northrop Grumman Corp. [...]

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