Radar Sensor to be Incorporated Onto NGC's MQ-8B Fire Scout

(San Diego, March 19, 2008) -- Radar will be incorporated onto Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV). The Navy has decided to commit funds in 2009 to develop a radar capability on Fire Scout.

Northrop Grumman first demonstrated radar capability on the RQ-8A Fire Scout in 2003 using a General Atomics Lynx Radar. That demonstration carried both radar and an electro-optical/infrared system. The same demonstration will take place on the MQ-8B Fire Scout this year on a company-owned Fire Scout using a non-developmental Telephonics RDR-1700B maritime surveillance and imaging radar.

The purpose of the demonstration is to show enhanced Fire Scout operational utility while confirming the assessment of a need for radar. Radar would not only benefit the U.S. Navy, but would also be beneficial to other services interested in Fire Scout.

"We are thrilled to be able to move forward with the implementation of radar on the Fire Scout because it will ultimately bring another capability to the warfighter. Radar will also maximize the use of the Fire Scout's Modular Payload Architecture that allows true 'plug and play' capability," said Doug Fronius, program director for Northrop Grumman's Integrated System's Fire Scout VTUAV program. "The radar demonstration will pave the way for the Navy's radar program because the Navy will be able to use and leverage information learned from Northrop Grumman's effort in its program.

Source : Northrop Grumman Corporation

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