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Northrop Grumman To Continue Work On X-47B J-UCAS Program
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The J-UCAS program is an effort by DARPA, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to demonstrate the technical feasibility, military utility and operational value of networked, unmanned, air-combat systems to suppress enemy air defenses, perform electronic attack, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and perform precision strike attacks.
In this phase, Northrop Grumman will produce and flight-test three X-47B unmanned demonstration vehicles with associated mission-control stations and logistical support elements. Flight demonstrations are expected to begin in 2007.
Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector leads a J-UCAS team that includes Lockheed Martin, and Pratt & Whitney. Work will be performed at facilities in El Segundo, Palmdale and San Diego, Calif., and East Hartford, Conn.
"Our J-UCAS effort builds upon Northrop Grumman's longstanding experience in developing successful unmanned combat air systems by applying expertise from across the company and the rest of our industry," said Christopher M. Hernandez, vice president and general manager of Unmanned Systems, a unit of the Integrated Systems sector.
FULL STORY here - with a PICTURE
Excerpts:
The J-UCAS program is an effort by DARPA, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to demonstrate the technical feasibility, military utility and operational value of networked, unmanned, air-combat systems to suppress enemy air defenses, perform electronic attack, conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and perform precision strike attacks.
In this phase, Northrop Grumman will produce and flight-test three X-47B unmanned demonstration vehicles with associated mission-control stations and logistical support elements. Flight demonstrations are expected to begin in 2007.
Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector leads a J-UCAS team that includes Lockheed Martin, and Pratt & Whitney. Work will be performed at facilities in El Segundo, Palmdale and San Diego, Calif., and East Hartford, Conn.
"Our J-UCAS effort builds upon Northrop Grumman's longstanding experience in developing successful unmanned combat air systems by applying expertise from across the company and the rest of our industry," said Christopher M. Hernandez, vice president and general manager of Unmanned Systems, a unit of the Integrated Systems sector.