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  Germany's Sigint Successor Soars

  Posted by Robert Wall 12:00 PM on Jun 30, 2010

  The Luftwaffe’s efforts to renew its airborne signals intelligence capabilities have moved one step closer to realization with the first flight of the Euro Hawk unmanned ... Read More >>

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  X-47B Gets Its Sea Legs

  Posted by Robert Wall 9:08 AM on Feb 17, 2010

  The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator is virtually at sea for the first time even before the low-observable system makes its first flight due this yea... Read More >>

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  Northrop Grumman, Academics Form Cybersecurity Team

  Posted by Bill Sweetman 12:00 PM on Dec 02, 2009

  Northrop Grumman is enlisting academia to bring new ideas and agility to the hard-to-define, fast-moving world of cybersecurity, and to develop new ideas to defeat cyber-threats ai... Read More >>

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  When Bad Things Happen to Good Reporters

  Posted by Bettina Chavanne 6:20 PM on Feb 17, 2009

  What's got a wingspan of 130.9 feet, is 47.6 feet long and flies at an altitude of 60,000 feet?Not this thing...(photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman)Unfortunately, somebody at a San... Read More >>

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  Out In The Open

  Posted by Guy Norris 10:29 AM on Dec 17, 2008

  The X-47B unmanned combat air system (UCAS) demonstrator - the US Navy's first tail-less, stealthy unmanned aircraft, was unveiled at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., sit... Read More >>

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  Back To The Future?

  Posted by Guy Norris 2:27 PM on Oct 28, 2008

  In Melbourne, Florida, the first USAF E-8C Joint STARS is about to be fitted with Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219s. The upgrade will give the 707-based aircraft better performance, gr... Read More >>

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