
Northrop Grumman [NOC] signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea’s Hanwha to use it as a supplier for a mine detection system to be used by South Korea’s Countermeasures Helicopter (KMCH) program, the company said Thursday. Previously, in 2023 Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI) awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide the AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) and technical support for the Engineering, Manufacturing and Design (EMD) phase of the South Korea’s Korean Mine Countermeasures Helicopter (KMCH)…