Northrop Grumman’s electronic solutions span the spectrum
Northrop Grumman’s electronic solutions span the spectrum. The company is a leading developer, manufacturer, integrator and supporter of a variety of advanced electronic and maritime systems for U.S. and international customers for national security and non-defense applications.
Systems include high performance sensors and intelligence processing and navigation systems operating in all environments from undersea to outer space. Applications include airborne surveillance, space sensing, biochemical detection, intelligence fusing and analysis, aircraft fire control, precision weapon engagement, electronic countermeasures, inertial navigation, air and missile defense, air traffic control, ship bridge control, communications, mail processing, and robotic bomb disposal.
Maritime systems include propulsion and power-generation systems for ships and submarines, control systems, shipboard launch systems and unmanned semi-autonomous systems.
The company builds active electronically scanned array radars for F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II fighters that provide tremendous versatility and speed, as well as much greater range and resolution, for searching, mapping and targeting missions; designed and manufactured the airborne surveillance radars for the world-renowned AWACS and Joint STARS platforms and is providing multi-role electronically scanned array radars for next-generation airborne early warning aircraft systems for the governments of Australia and Turkey; produces standard-setting infrared countermeasure systems that protect more than 300 military aircraft; provides LITENING AT targeting pods that use electro-optical sensing and laser range finding to geo-locate targets for engagement with GPS-guided munitions; develops industry-leading global positioning inertial navigation systems that, combined with its identification and avionics systems, are used in air, land, sea and space applications; develops advanced infrared payloads for the next-generation SBIRS High satellite constellation that will detect ballistic launches; produces night vision and laser targeting systems for ground forces; builds hazardous duty robots used to investigate possible explosive devices without endangering soldiers or civilians; and develops main propulsion units and ship service turbine generators for Virginia-class submarines.
Our radars, electro-optical, electronic countermeasures, and communications systems have flown on more than 45,000 military and public safety aircraft worldwide.
The Electronics business is composed of the company’s Electronic Systems sector.
Electronic Systems sector
Our Electronic Systems sector is a world leading provider of airborne radar, navigation systems, electronic countermeasures, precision weapons, airspace management systems, space systems, marine and naval systems, communications systems, and government systems. More...
Versatile active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars—all with
no moving parts—are extending capabilities for searching, mapping and
targeting missions. The company is the world leader in this technology
and is providing AESA fire control systems for the F-22 and F-35
Lightning II fighters.
For its teammate Boeing, Northrop Grumman is producing its multi-role
electronically scanned array (MESA) radar for the Australian Wedgetail
program. With its 360-degree electronic scan and long detection range,
the system sets the standard for situational awareness, flexibility and
target update speed.
The TPS-70SS S-band radar is the most survivable air defense
surveillance radar in the world today. This family of three dimensional,
multi-mission solid-state radars provides primary and secondary
surveillance, automatic aircraft tracking and control, as well as
simultaneous ballistic missile surveillance and tracking in a fullyintegrated
package.
The Guardian™ missile defense system protects commercial
aircraft from attacks by anti-aircraft shoulder-fired missiles by
using a non-visible, eye-safe laser to disrupt the missile’s
guidance signals. For the Department of Homeland Security,
the company is producing systems for cargo aircraft flying
regular commercial service.
A multi-sensor targeting and sensor system, LITENING AT (Advanced Targeting) enables
aircrews to detect, acquire, track, identify and
engage surface and airborne targets. Additionally,
video down links allow for close coordination of
target selection and engagement with ground forces.
More than 360 LITENING AT systems have been
fielded, the most of any advanced targeting and
sensor system; the next generation LITENING G4
will start flight testing in 2007.
Northrop Grumman provides
the infrared sensor payload,
electronics and ground
processing for the mission data
processor to the Lockheed
Martin-led Space-Based
Infrared System (SBIRS) High team. SBIRS High is a series
of high Earth orbiting satellites
whose infrared sensors will
detect the launch of strategic
and theater ballistic missiles
from space and report
launch time and location to
battlefield commanders.
With more than 900 commercial and 170 military integrated bridge
systems at sea, Northrop Grumman is the proven leader in integrated
bridge design and development for every application including warships,
container ships, tankers and other craft.
Northrop Grumman situational awareness and navigational
systems and products are used by defense, civil, and commercial
customers on land-, sea-, air- and space-based platforms. The
company’s common Integrated Avionics Suite for the AH-1Z Viper
and UH-1Y Venom features a fully glass cockpit including two
avionics mission management computers, the communications suite,
the aircraft sensors, the weapons control system and the helmet
mounted display and target sighting system
A leading supplier of advanced, automated postal sorting
equipment, the company develops automated sorting systems
that improve productivity, lower operating costs and improve
customer satisfaction.
