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Northrop Demonstrates Interoperability Between Manned And Unmanned Platforms

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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] has successfully demonstrated Joint STARS and E-2 Hawkeye interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms during a recent virtual joint military demonstration involving United States and coalition forces., the company said. During the month-long Empire Challenge 09 (EC09) exercise, virtual physics-based and operational flight program simulations of multiple Northrop Grumman platforms, including the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, worked collaboratively to achieve interoperability between…

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