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Boeing and Northrop Grumman Successfully Test Open Mission Systems AESA Sensor

Boeing and Northrop Grumman Successfully Test Open Mission Systems AESA Sensor
Northrop Grumman’s open mission systems (OMS) compliant advanced wideband AESA sensor was used on Boeing’s battle management command and control (BMC2) system during a successful flight test. (Northrop Grumman)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing [BA]on Monday announced successful test flights using an open systems architecture with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) sensor on a midsize jet-powered aircraft. Northrop Grumman’s open mission systems (OMS) compliant advanced wideband AESA sensor was used on Boeing’s battle management command and control (BMC2) system, according to press releases from both companies. The AESA sensor captured data from specific targets and then sent the information back to the computing system where it was displayed…

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