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

PARIS, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

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

The 49th International Paris 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), the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) programme, Euro Hawk® 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. There will also be a briefing on the Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) lighter than air and heavy lift capability.  

Northrop Grumman representatives will also provide briefings on the company's Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar solution to meet multi-mission 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 http://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 "Par Avion."

    Date               Topic
    Mon.               RQ-4 / Global Hawk - Overview, Programme Status Update
    June 20            and Recent Achievements
    10 a.m.

    Mon.               Euro Hawk(R) - Overview and Programme Status Update
    June 20
    10:40 a.m.

    Mon.               BAMS - Broad Area Maritime Surveillance - Overview and
    June 20            Programme Status Update of the U.S. Navy's BAMS
    11:20 a.m.         Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

    Mon.               RAIL - Rotorcraft Avionics Innovation Laboratory
    June 20            capabilities - Overview and Programme Status Update
    1 p.m.

    Tues.              eCORE - (Enhanced C4ISR Operationally Responsive
    June 21            Enterprise) using commercial standards-based
    10 a.m.            technologies, eCORE enables rapid mission integration,
                       deployment, support, training and maintenance -
                       Overview and Programme Status Update

    Tue.               Multi-Mission Situational Awareness & Targeting
    June 21            Capabilities for Challenging Environments - Briefing
    11 a.m.            highlights the capacity of Northrop Grumman to provide
                       solutions to meet multi-mission requirements for a
                       variety of security challenges

    Tue.               MQ-8B Fire Scout & Fire X - Overview and Programme
    June 21            Status Update
    1 p.m.

    Tue.               E-2D Advanced Hawkeye -featuring a two-generation leap
    June 21            in state-of-the-art radar capability and upgraded
    2 p.m.             aircraft systems, providing broad area coverage and
                       expanded-range capabilities -Overview and Programme
                       Status Update

    Wed.               International Directional Infrared Countermeasures
    June 22            (DIRCM) - Overview, Programme Status Update and
    10 a.m.            upcoming programme announcements

    Wed.               LEMV - Lighter-than-Airand Heavy Lift Capability -
    June 22            Overview and Programme Status Update
    11 a.m.

    Wed.               Northrop Grumman/SELEX Galileo MOU Signing - Northrop
    June 22            Grumman is celebrating 50 years of IRCM programmes and
    2 p.m.             15 years of DIRCM programmes in partnership with SELEX
                       Galileo. At this briefing the companies will discuss
    LOCATION:          jointly pursuing the international DIRCM market
    Finmeccanica Stand

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com for more information.