Northrop Grumman Successfully Flies Optical Bar Camera on RQ-4 Global Hawk
October 12 2016 - 12:00PM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully flew an
Optical Bar Camera broad-area synoptic sensor on an RQ-4 Global
Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS),
marking the first time the legacy U.S. Air Force camera has been
flown on a high altitude unmanned aircraft. The Optical Bar Camera
has provided panoramic and unalterable imagery for the warfighter,
allies and governments.
The successful flight is the second of three planned
demonstrations of sensors previously unavailable on the Global
Hawk. Northrop Grumman successfully flew a SYERS-2 intelligence
gathering sensor in February of this year and plans to fly an
MS-177 multi-spectral sensor later in 2016.
“The successful flight of the Optical Bar Camera is another
significant step in the evolution of Global Hawk. It’s the result
of our focus on increasing capability, reducing sustainment costs
and fielding the open mission systems architecture that enables
faster integration of cutting edge sensors at lower costs,” said
Mick Jaggers, vice president and program manager, Global Hawk
program, Northrop Grumman. “We’ve proved that our open
mission systems architecture and our universal payload adapter work
very well and enable Global Hawk to deliver new multi-mission
capabilities to the United States Air Force.”
Payload integration is not new to Global Hawk. NASA has
successfully integrated and flown more than 30 different
information-gathering payloads on Global Hawk. Existing models of
the U.S Air Force Global Hawk are capable of carrying an Enhanced
Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS), Airborne Signals Intelligence
Payload (ASIP) and Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion
Program (MP-RTIP).
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems,
cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernization to customers
worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more
information.
Contact:
Greg Lund
858-618-5030 (office)
858-243-2136 (mobile)
gregory.lund@ngc.com
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