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Northrop Grumman, Trex Enterprises To Bring Celestial Nav to Precision Targeting

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 10th, 2014

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it has entered an agreement to collaborate with the privately held Trex Enterprises Corp. to bring celestial navigation technology to the precision targeting capability for the U.S. military and allied forces. Trex Enterprises has developed and matured the core technology for providing a highly accurate celestial navigation subsystem for use in military products and scientific applications. Northrop Grumman’s licensing agreement with Trex Enterprises allows Northrop Grumman to produce and integrate this celestial navigation capability into ground…

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