Navigation Equipment

Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

Northrop Grumman's Newest Navigation System Selected by U.S. Navy to Improve Reliability and Reduce Costs of F-5 Tiger II Adversary Fleet Support Fighter

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Sept. 11, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) newest fiber-optic gyro inertial navigation system, the LN-260, has been selected by the U.S. Navy as part of an avionics cost savings and reliability improvement kit for their F-5 Tiger II Adversary Fleet Support Fighter. Our lightweight, low power consumption LN-260 fiber optic technology will help enhance the...

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Navigation Equipment

Northrop Grumman Inertial Measurement Unit Selected for Sikorsky BLACK HAWK Fly-by-Wire Upgrade Program

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Nov. 28, 2006 -- A high reliability fiber-optic inertial measurement unit from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (NYSE:UTX) for the BLACK HAWK UH-60M Fly-by-Wire-Upgrade Program to supply navigation information for the BLACK HAWK'S flight control computers. The UH-60M program will upgrade the U.S. Army's current...

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Lasers

Northrop Grumman Wins Phase II Contract to Upgrade Inertial Navigation Systems for Brazilian Navy

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 31, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract from the Brazilian Navy for the second phase of a multi-year retrofit acquisition program to upgrade the primary navigation systems on its combat ships. The ship inertial navigation systems (SINSs) will be supplied by Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit. Sperry Marine will supply...

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Compasses

Northrop Grumman is Selected to Supply Integrated Bridge System for New Scottish Fisheries Patrol Vessel

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- August 29, 2006 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received orders to supply bridge navigation and communication electronics for a new offshore patrol vessel under construction for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA). The equipment, to be supplied by Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit, will include a complete networked system that ties...

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Motion Sensors / Detectors / Transducers

Northrop Grumman Wins Contract to Supply Integrated Bridge Systems for New Chilean Navy Patrol Vessels

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 17, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected to supply state-of-the-art integrated bridge systems (IBSs) for the Chilean Navy's Danubio IV, a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) program. These first two 80-meter OPVs are being constructed at the ASMAR Shipyard in Talcahuano, Chile. The IBS contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine...

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Boats (Marine)

Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation Systems for Six Newbuilds in Australia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 11, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected to supply electronic navigation systems for six new high-speed vessels under construction at Austal Shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia. The equipment is being supplied by Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit through contracts awarded by Austal to Electrotech Australia, which is...

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Compasses

Northrop Grumman Supplies Integrated Bridge Systems for New Ships in Turkey

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 10, 2006 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Sperry Marine business unit continues to expand its order book for integrated bridge systems (IBSs) with contracts for four new ships to be built in Turkey. Sperry Marine will supply the complete suite of electronic navigation and communication systems for the four 3,600 deadweight ton specialty tankers, which will...

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Motion Sensors / Detectors / Transducers

Arklow Shipping Embraces 'Paperless' Navigation with Electronic Charting Systems from Northrop Grumman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 21, 2006 -- Arklow Shipping has placed orders with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to supply integrated bridge systems (IBSs), featuring a new paperless" navigation capability, for six new ships to be built in Spain. The IBSs, built by the company's Sperry Marine business unit, will include dual electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) with...

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Radar Systems

Northrop Grumman Supplies Electronic Navigation and Communication System for One of the World's Largest Cruise Ships

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 5, 2006 -- Freedom of the Seas - Royal Caribbean's newest and biggest passenger cruise ship, which enters regular service this month - has been equipped with an advanced, state-of-the-art suite of navigation and communication electronics by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). At 160,000 gross tons and carrying more than 3,600 passengers and 1,400 crew, Freedom of...

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Navigation Equipment

Northrop Grumman Inertial Measurement Unit Selected for Sikorsky BLACK HAWK Fly-by-Wire Upgrade Program

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Nov. 28, 2006 -- A high reliability fiber-optic inertial measurement unit from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (NYSE:UTX) for the BLACK HAWK UH-60M Fly-by-Wire-Upgrade Program to supply navigation information for the BLACK HAWK'S flight control computers. The UH-60M program will upgrade the U.S. Army's current...

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