will highlight its global security capabilities including airborne early warning and control systems, unmanned aircraft systems, fire control radars and infrared countermeasures at the Singapore Air Show.The air show is Asia’s largest aerospace and defence event and one of the world’s top three air shows and takes place from Feb. 11-16 at the Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC) located near Changi Airport.
“The Asia-Pacific region is extremely important to us particularly as we broaden our global focus and Singapore is a key market,” said David Perry, vice president and chief global business development officer, Northrop Grumman. “Our objective is to continue to work closely with our customers as trusted partners and to provide the most advanced capabilities to help meet the region’s defence and security needs.”
“With our growing presence in the Asia-Pacific region our focus is on building long-term partnerships and delivering security solutions that contribute towards advancing global stability,” said Ian Irving, “The Singapore Air Show provides us with the opportunity to meet customers and partners and to demonstrate the full breadth of our capabilities.”
The company’s airborne surveillance capability will be showcased with scale models of the Triton unmanned aircraft system.
Triton is a maritime derivative of the combat-proven Global Hawk unmanned air system (UAS) that has an unprecedented ability to gather and disseminate multiple types of intelligence data during long-duration flights at altitudes more than 17 kilometres high. The system’s radar, the Multi-Function Active Sensor, allows Triton to monitor a 360-degree field of view. Global Hawk has logged more than 100,000 flight hours and carries a variety of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensor payloads to allow military and civil commanders to gather near real-time imagery and use radar to detect moving or stationary targets on the ground or at sea. The system supports airborne communications and information sharing missions, as well as anti-terrorism, anti-piracy, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
A full-scale model of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter will be on display in the exhibit. The MQ-8C Fire Scout uses a larger airframe than the previous MQ-8B variant to deliver more range, payload capacity and endurance to naval forces. Fire Scout can land and take off from any aviation-capable naval ship.
Source: Press Release