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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Northrop Grumman BAMS Unmanned Aircraft System Program Achieves Two Major Milestones

[MQ-4C]Northrop Grumman Corporatio has commenced flight tests of the first developmental multifunction active sensor (MFAS) radar destined for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS).

The MFAS sensor has been integrated into the company's Gulfstream II testbed aircraft based in Palmdale, Calif., for flight testing after having completed ground station testing in late November at the company's Electronics Systems facility in Norwalk, Conn.

Marking another milestone, the first BAMS aircraft has received its wings and is standing on its own gear at the company's Palmdale Manufacturing Center in California.

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