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Northrop Grumman Successfully Flies ASIP-Derived Payload

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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

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By Ann Roosevelt Northrop Grumman [NOC] said Monday it has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of a communications intelligence sensor package derived from its Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) Product Line aboard the Army's RC-12 Guardrail Aircraft. Guardrail is a precision targeting, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform with more than three decades of successful worldwide operations, including in Iraq, Afghanistan and Desert Storm. The demonstration, successful on the first try, took place the week of Feb. 11 at the Lakehurst,…

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