Northrop Grumman Highlights Global Security Capabilities at the Paris International Air Show 2011

PARIS, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will highlight its industry-leading global security capabilities at the Paris International Air Show, including unmanned aircraft systems, defence electronics and performance-based logistics.

The 49th Paris International Air Show will take place at Le Bourget, Paris, from 20-26 June 2011.

Northrop Grumman will participate in a series of media briefings during the air show covering a range of its capabilities, including unmanned systems, defence electronics, C4ISR, sustainment and life cycle optimization and engineering. The outline media briefing schedule is as shown below.

All briefings will be held in the Northrop Grumman Media Centre. These will include presentations on the company's Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), Euro Hawk(R) UAS, a state-of-the-art, high-altitude, long-endurance signals intelligence (SIGINT) system, MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS) and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye manned aircraft. Fire Scout is a multi-role UAS that can carry various payloads that provide unprecedented situational awareness and precision targeting support. The Advanced Hawkeye is a game-changer for Navy battle management command and control, with a two-generation leap in radar sensor and robust network-enabled capability.

Northrop Grumman representatives will also provide briefings on the company's Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar solution to meet multi-missoin requirements for a variety of security challenges, and its international Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) capability. Northrop Grumman is celebrating 50 years of IRCM programmes and 15 years of DIRCM programmes in strategic partnership with SELEX Galileo. The company's Rotorcraft Avionics Innovation Laboratory (RAIL) capabilities will also be discussed, in addition to eCORE (Enhanced C4ISR Operationally Responsive Enterprise), which uses commercial standards-based technologies to enable rapid mission integration, deployment, support, training and maintenance.

Full details of these media events and all briefings can be found on the company's online media kit at www.northropgrumman.com/Paris. This site will also contain regularly updated information, including briefing schedules, news releases and programme news. During the first half of the week, each day's key activities will also be summarized by Northrop Grumman personnel in a Web journal called "News from the Flightline".

    
    Date             Topic
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                     RQ-4 /Global Hawk -- Overview,
    Mon. June 20     Programme Status Update and
    10 a.m.          Recent Achievements
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    Mon. June 20     Euro Hawk(R) - Overview and Programme Status
    11 a.m.          Update
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                     RAIL --Rotorcraft Avionics Innovation
    Mon. June 20     Laboratory capabilities -
    1  p.m.          Overview and Programme Status Update
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                     AESA Solution - Brief highlights the
    Tue. June 21     capacity of Northrop Grumman
                     to provide an AESA radar solution to meet
    11 a.m.          multi-mission
                     requirements for a variety of security
                     challenges
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    Tue. June 21     MQ-8B Fire Scout & Fire X -- Overview
    1 p.m.           and Programme Status Update
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                     E-2D Advanced Hawkeye -- Featuring a
    Tue. June 21     two-generation leap in
                     state-of-the-art radar capability and
    2  p.m.          upgraded aircraft systems,
                     providing broad area coverage and
                     expanded-range capabilities-
                     Overview, Programme Status Update and
                     Recent Achievements
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                     eCORE - "Enhanced C4ISR Operationally
    Tue. June 21     Responsive
                     Enterprise" using commercial standards-
    10 a.m.          based technologies,
                     eCORE enables rapid mission integration,
                     deployment, support,
                     training and maintenance - Overview and
                     Programme Status
                     Update
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                     International DIRCM --Northrop Grumman is
    Wed. June 22     celebrating 50 years
                     of IRCM programs and 15 years of DIRCM
    10 a.m.          programs in partnership
                     with SELEX Galileo-Overview, Programme
                     Status Update and
                     Upcoming Programme Announcements
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                     LEMV - Lighter-than-Air and Heavy Lift
    Wed. June 22     capability- Overview,
                     Programme Status Update and Recent
    11 a.m.          Achievements
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