Northrop Grumman Corporation will be at Defexpo 2012 with its range
of industry-leading capabilities in airborne early warning and control
systems for maritime reconnaissance and unmanned aircraft systems.
“Our core competencies and proven capability in airborne early warning
and control and unmanned systems for aerial surveillance are well matched
to meet the region’s growing defence and security needs,” said Bill Schaefer,
Sector Vice President of Business Development for the company’s aerospace
systems sector. “We look forward to highlighting how our products and capabilities
can help India achieve its defence modernisation objectives and the
requirements for a coordinated national defence structure.”
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye couples
newly designed electronically scanned radar
with a matching suite of sensors, avionics,
processors, software and displays to provide
the most technologically advanced command
and control capability available worldwide.
The AN/APY-9 radar with a two-generation
leap in capability is the backbone of this aircraft
and provides greater flexibility and significantly
improved detection and tracking
over all terrains. Till date, Northrop Grumman
has delivered seven E-2D Advanced
Hawkeye aircraft to the US Navy. The programme
is undergoing its initial operational
test and evaluation in 2012 and is on track
for initial operational capability with the US
Navy fleet in 2015.
An E-2D tactical workstation will be
available to demonstrate the capabilities and
functionality of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
for military and civil applications. India is
among the first countries for which the Advanced Hawkeye capability has been released.
In addition, the company’s persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) capability will be highlighted with the MQ-4C broad
area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system (BAMS UAS) based on
a maritime derivative of the combat-proven RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned
aircraft. The BAMS UAS is a US Navy programme designed to complement
the manned P-8 aircraft with an unprecedented surface surveillance capability
yielding the highest possible degree of maritime domain awareness.
Also featured will be Northrop Grumman’s revolutionary aviation concept
in lighter-than-air hybrid airships, which will
shape the future of persistent ISR surveillance.
The company is developing an aerodynamic
hybrid airship with less drag than competing
designs. It uses existing proven hull materials
with type-certified engines and is flexible and
reconfigurable to accommodate any combination
of sensors and communications equipment,
making it truly multi-mission capable.
Northrop Grumman has well-established
relationships with India and has been supporting
a number of defence and civil programmes,
including air traffic control communications
systems and radars, unmanned ground vehicles
and marine navigation systems, for more
than 20 years now. The company brings significant,
relevant capabilities for homeland defence
modernisation, and command and control, intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance.
Northrop Grumman will be located in Hall 14,
Stand No. 14.3F.
