Northrop Grumman Corporation employees toured the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft when it visited the company’s Baltimore campus recently.
During the stopover, Northrop Grumman employees had the opportunity to view the P-8A and take a tour of the cockpit and crew areas of the aircraft. Northrop Grumman produces the AN/ALQ-240(V)1 Electronic Support Measures system, the early warning self-protection system and the embedded global positioning system/inertial navigation system for the P-8A.
“We extend our gratitude to the Navy for bringing the P-8A aircraft to our facility, allowing the employees who develop these systems an up-close look at the results of their labor,” said Paul B. Kalafos, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s Surveillance Systems business unit . “In partnership with Boeing, Northrop Grumman has successfully developed and delivered to the Navy an affordable mission system solution that will extend well into the future of the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.”
The AN/ALQ-240(V)1 Electronic Support Measures system will provide a significant increase in capability for operations in the complex maritime battlespace, which will allow P-8A aircrews to detect and identify radar and other electronic threats to the aircraft and Navy vessels.
To date, five low rate initial production P-8As have been delivered to the Navy. Initial operational capability is scheduled for later this year.
Northrop Grumman is a global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff, February 11, 2013; Image: Northrop Grumman