Northrop Upgrading IT on Navy's MQ-8C
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a $19.9 million order covering work on the MQ-8C vertical takeoff and landing tactic...
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a $19.9 million order covering work on the MQ-8C vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle system, also known as Fire Scout. Under the MQ-8C program, Northrop Grumman converted stock Bell business helicopters into unmanned vehicles. The MQ-8C goes to sea on littoral combat ships and is used for antisubmarine warfare as well as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting. The most recent order provides for non-recurring engineering, hardware qualification, systems integration, safety assessment, retrofit installation and flight testing of the payload interface unit and vehicle management computer upgrades to include a cyber-intrusion protection system.