Unmanned Systems

Aerospace Systems is an expert in the design, development and production of unmanned systems as well as a leader in helping our customers fully use the functional characteristics of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to enable new and innovative missions and integrated unmanned systems into their military force structures. We also provide tools that help our customers successfully define and develop new concepts of operations that successfully integrate both manned and unmanned systems.

Northrop Grumman and its heritage companies have been in the UAS business for more than 60 years, providing more than 100,000 unmanned systems to military customers in the U.S. and abroad. Two Northrop Grumman UAS are combat proven – the RQ-4 Global Hawk with approximately 24,000 combat hours in support of overseas contingency operations and the MQ-5B Hunter with more than 60,000 combat hours.

MQ-4C BAMS UAS

The United States Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program provides persistent maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) data collection and dissemination capability to the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force (MPRF).

Bat Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

Bat™ is Northrop Grumman’s family of multi-mission, persistent and affordable tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

EURO HAWK®

The Euro Hawk®, developed and built for the German Ministry of Defence, is the first international derivative of the combat-proven, high-flying RQ-4 Global Hawk HALE UAS.

Firebird

Persistent Multiple Intelligence Gathering Air System

Fire-X

The new Fire-X expanded capability vertical unmanned aircraft system combines the best of two proven air systems in a low cost, fast-fielding package.

Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART)

Northrop Grumman is developing HART (Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team), a low-cost, web-based control system that autonomously manages a network of reconnaissance aircraft to deliver timely intelligence information to U.S. Army soldiers

MQ-8B Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman's Transformational Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system provides unprecedented situation awareness and precision targeting support for U.S. Armed Forces of the future.

NASA Global Hawk

The air vehicle provides a unique combination of high altitude and long endurance performance capabilities that can meet many demanding payload and mission requirements.

NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance

After many years exploring options for a NATO owned and operated airborne ground surveillance capability, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has agreed to a program of record based on the Block 40 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which includes the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor.

High-Altitude, Long-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The family of high-flying Global Hawks builds on the common RQ-4 high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS). When equipped with a variety of available mission-specific sensors, they provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) information over a vast geographic area.

X-47B UCAS

In 2013, The X-47B unmanned combat air system will demonstrate the first carrier launches and recoveries by a tailless unmanned aircraft.