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The All-Seeing Blimp

Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 15/Aug/2012 08:32

The US Army has recently become interested in long term battlefield surveillance. One of the results of this is a blimp called LEMV (Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle).

From Defense Industry Daily:

The rise of modern terrorism, sharply increasing costs to recruit and equip professional soldiers, and issues of energy security, are forcing 2 imperatives on modern armies. Modern militaries need to be able to watch wide areas for very long periods of time. Not just minutes, or even hours any more, but days if necessary. The second imperative, beyond the need for that persistent, unblinking stare up high in the air, is the need to field aerial platforms whose operating costs won’t bankrupt the budget.

 

Video from New Jersey test flight Aug 8th, 2012:

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Spherical Situational Awareness System for the F-35

Posted by Gary in News on 6/Jun/2011 17:52

Northrop Grumman has developed the only 360 degree, spherical situational awareness system in the electro-optical distributed aperture system (DAS). The DAS surrounds the F-35 aircraft with a protective sphere of situational awareness. It warns the pilot of incoming aircraft and missile threats as well as providing day/night vision, fire control capability and precision tracking of wingmen/friendly aircraft for tactical maneuvering.

More at http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/f35targeting/

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Northrop Grumman Announces New Drone Aircraft

Posted by Brian in News on 11/May/2011 13:30

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Arms Robot Pack Mule With Big Gun

Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 27/Oct/2010 17:48


Jon Anderson has seen a lot of gawkers pause at his Northrop Grumman booth in the Association of the U.S. Army’s Washington conference. Not that he’s odd-looking or off-putting: He’s a gregarious guy. The stares he’s getting are about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun he’s got mounted on a treaded robot — something Northrop isn’t even selling right now.

“Quite frankly,” explains Anderson, a Northrop advanced-systems employee with short white hair and a whiter smile, “a weapon on a robot brings people into the booth.”

That it does. For the past few years, Northrop has produced a treaded, 60-inch robot vehicle to help troops haul their gear called the Carry-all Mechanized Equipment Landrover, or CaMEL.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/what-robo-haulers-need-now-big-guns/#ixzz13bONTR48

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