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2025
6 February

ReleaseAustralian MQ-4C Triton program on track and preparing next aircraft for delivery

2022
15 September

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman unveils first Australian MQ-4C Triton

2021
22 December Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton fuselage is lowered onto the unique one-piece wing.

Australia's first MQ-4C Triton gains wings

The Triton should be flying in Australian skies in 2024. This capability will extend the country's ability to see and understand its maritime approaches to the north and also as far south as Antarctica.

16 April

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman completes successful first flight of Japan's RQ-4B Global Hawk

2016
26 July

ReleaseAutonomous Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system surpasses 200,000 flight hours

28 April

ReleaseKorean manufacturers deliver first Global Hawk components

25 February

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman successfully demonstrates flexible solution to utilize legacy and future sensors on RQ-4 Global Hawk

2015
19 December

ReleaseNATO Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft successfully takes flight

11 August

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman demonstrates new capabilities in mission management and control systems

17 June

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman successfully flies open mission systems architecture on unmanned aircraft

17 April

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman to expand North Dakota presence

2014
24 March

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman, U.S. Navy complete initial flight testing of the Triton unmanned aircraft system

2013
3 December

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman begins on-time production of first NATO Global Hawk

4 November

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman, Triumph Aerostructures validate Triton unmanned aircraft wing strength exceeds Navy requirement

27 May

ReleaseEuroHawk GmbH, Northrop Grumman and EADS statement on the Euro Hawk program

22 May

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman, U.S. Navy complete Triton unmanned aircraft's first flight

8 February

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman successfully flight demonstrates new mission management control system for unmanned aircraft systems

2012
27 February

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman BAMS Unmanned Aircraft System program achieves two major milestones

2011
16 March

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman ships first Broad Area Maritime Surveillance fuselage

2010
1 September

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman "lays the keel" for U.S. Navy's first BAMS UAS fuselage

19 July

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman Block 40 Global Hawk successfully completes major flight test milestone

30 June

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman and EADS Defence & Security's Euro Hawk(R) unmanned aircraft completes successful first flight

2009
9 December

ReleaseNGC and USAF's next-generation of Global Hawk UAS takes flight

9 October

ReleaseNGC and EADS DS unveil 1st Euro Hawk UAS

19 August

ReleaseHypertronics connectors provide signal integrity for Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system

31 July

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman completes structural assembly of the first Euro Hawk(r) unmanned aircraft for Germany

3 July

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft continues to soar with successful overseas operations support, next-generation payload flight testing

26 June

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force unveil next-generation of high-flying Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

2008
9 October

ReleaseAurora Flight Sciences is part of Northrop Grumman's BAMS team

12 September

ReleaseVought to provide wings for U.S. Navy Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

4 September

ReleaseNorthrop Grumman Corporation cites Aurora Flight Sciences for excellence in manufacturing performance

22 April

ReleaseU.S. Navy awards $1.16 billion BAMS UAS contract to Northrop Grumman