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Northrop Grumman To Supply More STARLite Radars For Army Gray Eagle UAS

Monday, September 24th, 2012

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has been selected to supply an additional 44 Small Tactical Radar-Lightweight (STARLite) wide area surveillance radars for the Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS). STARLite features synthetic aperture radar, ground moving target indicator and dismount moving target indicator capabilities. Under the contract option, radar deliveries will begin in April 2013 and conclude in March 2014. This order will bring the total number of systems under contract to 174. "This order reaffirms the…

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