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Northrop Grumman Highlights Its Systems’ Participation in U.S. Army EDGE Exercise

Northrop Grumman Highlights Its Systems’ Participation in U.S. Army EDGE Exercise
At the Association of the U.S. Army annual conference in Washington, D.C., Dennis Neel, a senior director of program management at Northrop Grumman's Rolling Meadows, Ill. site, discusses the company's participation in the U.S. Army's EDGE 24 exercise in Yuma, Ariz. last month.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said that the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL)-led Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) in Yuma, Ariz., last month gave the company a chance to show the future operational value of the company's "end-to-end crewed-uncrewed teaming as part of an integrated solution designed to enhance rotary wing aircraft survivability." The EDGE exercise focused on “Launched Effects” to inform Army future requirements, such as countering enemy integrated air defense systems (Defense Daily, Sept. 25). "The Helix Mission Autonomy…

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