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Northrop Grumman, Army, Closer To RC-12X Guardrail Certification

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Monday, January 11th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the Army are another step closer to providing warfighters advanced signals intelligence (SIGINT) this year with the successful completion of electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing on the first RC-12X Guardrail aircraft, officials said. The RC-12X Guardrail is the Army airborne SIGINT sensor and ground processing system that provides signals collection, identification and precision geo-location to enable the Brigade Combat Team's Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze and Disseminate (F3EAD) battle command process. "This test…

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