The Navy-Marine Corps VTUAV system
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Northrop Grumman Corp has received an order for its vertical-takeoff-and- landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle from the Program Executive Office for Cruise Missiles and Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (VTUAV). The contract, valued at $93.7-million cost-plus-incentive-fee, is aimed at replacing the legacy Pioneer UAV in the Marine Corps as well as the Navy. The Model 379 VTUAV is expected to provide the Navy-Marine Corps Team until 2003 with near-real-time and real-time data for their reconnaissance, surveillance, target-acquisition and intelligence missions.
Publication Name: Sea Power
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0199-1337
Year: 2000
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Northrop Grumman team to build Navy VTUAV
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Northrop Grumman has been chosen by the US Navy to build the service's first Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV). The $93.7 million, engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract calls for the development of one VTUAV and options for three low-rate initial production VTUAVs. The VTUAV, which is expected to enter service in 2003, is designed to operate from any helicopter-capable ship to perform reconnaissance and targeting missions.
Publication Name: Sea Power
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0199-1337
Year: 2000
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Northrop Grumman wins US Navy VTUAV contract award - Schweizer Aircraft to supply VTUAV model 379 airframe
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Northrop Grumman Corp's Integrated Systems and Aerostructures Sector has been awarded a contract by the US Navy for a new vertical take-off and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV). Northrop Grumman's VTUAV proposal includes the Model 379 UAV designed and manufactured by Schweizer Aircraft Corp. The deal is worth $93.7 million and represents an important new business for Schweizer.
Publication Name: Naval Forces
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-8880
Year: 2000
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