Northrop/Raytheon Completes Risk Reduction Program for New Airborne Surveillance Radar

Posted on: Sep. 8th, 2004 || Source: irconnect.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2004 -- A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)/ Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) team has successfully integrated and tested a laboratory-based prototype of a new airborne surveillance radar planned for deployment on the U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance and E-10A battle-management platforms.

Known as the "single-string" Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar, the prototype radar provides a key risk-reduction tool for the MP-RTIP team. It has allowed the two companies to identify and resolve technical integration issues long before starting production and integration of actual flight hardware. The single-string radar developmental testing culminated in a demonstration of the MP-RTIP capability on July 30.

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