Two Northrop Grumman RQ-8A Fire Scout unmanned air vehicles have completed nine autonomous shipboard landings on the US Navy’s USS Nashville off the coast of Patuxent River NAS, Maryland – the first time a navy UAV has performed vertical landings on a moving ship without a pilot controlling the aircraft.
Source: Flight International
Northrop Grumman continues to chase international sales opportunities for its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance aircraft, as it simultaneously introduces upgrades to both platforms.
Amid steady demand for existing propulsion systems, the defence unit of GE Aerospace is targeting development efforts on a series of next-generation technologies, including high-powered adaptive engines and small, low-cost solutions for uncrewed fighter jets.
Northrop Grumman has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing that it has been developing under a secretive US military project.
