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Successful Demo Moves Northrop Grumman System Closer To Fielding

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 20th, 2011

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it successfully demonstrated that it’s Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART) system increases warfighter situational awareness during a recent Spiral 7 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) field exercise March 7-18 at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. The HART system autonomously manages a mix of manned and unmanned aircraft and sensors and distributes streaming video, surveillance and reconnaissance information on-demand to soldiers in the field, the company said in a statement. The demonstration marks a…

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