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M-Code Navigation System for F-22 and E-2D Finishes Critical Design Review, Northrop Grumman Says

M-Code Navigation System for F-22 and E-2D Finishes Critical Design Review, Northrop Grumman Says
U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul "Loco" Lopez, F-22 Demonstration Team commander/pilot, flies his F-22 above the U.S. Navy Blue Angels' F/A-18s during a first-ever formation, in Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 25 last year. The F-22 aircraft are receiving new M-code navigation capability (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 2 that its Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Modernization, EGI-M, has passed a critical design review (CDR). The CDR marked the completion of detailed hardware and software design for EGI-M, the company said. The launch platforms for EGI-M are the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft by Northrop Grumman. "Additional fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms across Department of Defense…

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