Northrop Grumman to Feature Maritime Security Capabilities at Pacific 2015
30 September 2015 - 10:30AM
- Pacific 2015 to be held at the Sydney Exhibition Centre at
Glebe Island, Oct. 6-8
- Northrop Grumman to exhibit in booth 3i15
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will showcase its maritime
security capabilities at the Pacific International Maritime
Exposition 2015 in Sydney, Australia.
A media kit accompanying this release is available at:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/MediaResources/MediaKits/Pacific/
The capabilities include Northrop Grumman's portfolio of
advanced maritime systems across the full spectrum of modern naval
operations, including maritime domain awareness, C4ISR, resilient
networked operations, broad area surveillance, unmanned aircraft
systems for maritime and coastal surveillance, radar and mine
detection systems, and precision marine navigation. In addition to
product displays, company representatives and subject matter
experts will be available to engage the media on these topics.
"Northrop Grumman is committed to working with Australia to
provide innovative solutions to its defence and national security
needs now and in to the future," said Ian Irving, chief executive,
Northrop Grumman Australia. "Northrop Grumman continues to invest
in our Australian capabilities, underscoring our commitment to
growing indigenous Australian skills and capabilities in defence.
We look forward to continuing to support the Australian Defence
Force, and in particular the Royal Australian Navy, as it faces
today's maritime challenge of delivering integrated effects across
the full spectrum of naval operations."
Northrop Grumman's capability in unmanned mine detection,
classification and identification will be highlighted at the show.
The AQS-24B high-speed synthetic aperture sonar based mine-hunting
system is towed from unmanned surface vessels as well as the MH-53E
and MCH-101 helicopters. The AQS-24B and its predecessor systems,
AQS-24A and the AQS-14, are the only operational high speed
mine-hunting search systems used by the U.S. Navy for the past 31
years. The Airborne Laser Mine Detection System is a laser-based,
light detection and ranging sensor system that detects, classifies
and localizes near-surface mine-like objects from above the
waterline and is complementary to the AQS-24B.
The company will also demonstrate its advanced
command-and-control capability that leverages fifth-generation
sensors, data links, networks and decades of experience pioneering
interoperable systems to provide joint and coalition forces with an
integrated 'common operational picture.' The greater ability to
collect, integrate and disperse these intelligence products is
driving a global trend toward a more information intensive style of
warfare, and the adoption of a network centric concept of
operations by many advanced armed forces, including the Australian
Defence Force.
Northrop Grumman's airborne surveillance capability will be
highlighted by the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. Triton is
a derivative of the combat-proven Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for
maritime surveillance. Its unique suite of sensors allows the
system to provide a continuous on-station presence for some of the
most demanding surveillance missions. The Australian Government
committed to acquiring the Triton capability in March 2014.
The MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter will also be
highlighted at the show. The MQ-8C Fire Scout uses a larger
airframe than the previous MQ-8B variant to deliver more range,
payload capacity and endurance to naval forces. Fire Scout can land
and take off from any aviation-capable naval ship. Fire Scout has
been actively deployed by the United States Navy to enhance its
maritime surveillance and patrol capabilities and could provide a
substantial increase in capability for the Royal Australian Navy
and other regional partners.
The company's role as a principal member of the Lockheed
Martin-led F-35 Joint Strike Fighter industry team will also be
featured. In addition to producing the F-35 centre fuselage,
Northrop Grumman designed and produces the aircraft's radar and
other key avionics, including the electro-optical distributed
aperture system (DAS) and communications, navigation and
identification (CNI) subsystems.
Among the advanced defence electronics systems on display will
be the AN/APR-39 radar warning receiver which protects a wide
variety of fixed-, rotary- and tilt-wing aircraft, the AN/AAQ-28(V)
LITENING pod, a combat-proven, self-contained, multisensor
targeting and surveillance system, and the AN/ZPY-1 STARLite
lightweight tactical radar which provides through-the-weather
battlefield intelligence in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Ground
Moving Target Indicator (GMTI), Dismount Moving Target Indicator
(DMTI) and maritime search modes.
In addition, the latest generation of marine navigation and
radar technologies will be showcased. The latest Mod 4 version of
the MK 39 inertial navigation solution provides both high accuracy
geographic position information, with or without GPS, and precise
attitude and heading data for fire control stabilization and
weapons initialization.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Christian Taubenschlag
+61 421 774 748
christian@cmaxadvisory.com.au
Andrew McLaughlin
+61 (0)475 969 961
Andrew.McLaughlin@ids-au.ngc.com
Andy Haltzel
+1 410-227-4586
andrew.haltzel@ngc.com
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