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Northrop Grumman enhances alliance security with

delivery of fifth NATO RQ-4D Phoenix

Northrop Grumman successfully ferried the fifth
NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft, via a
non-stop transatlantic flight.
The aircraft departed on Wednesday, Nov. 11 from
Palmdale, Calif., and landed nearly 20 hours later on
Nov. 12 at Sigonella Air Base, Italy.
The air vehicle is the last of five NATO RQ-4D
aircraft, thus completing deliveries to the Main Op-
erating Base of the NATO AGS system of systems
comprised of aircraft, ground and support segments.
Work remains to complete Handover of the AGS Sys-
tem to the NATO AGS Force.
“Once the NATO AGS system achieves Hando-
ver, NATO Commanders will have greater flexibility
and redundancy to support the mission of protecting
ground troops, civilian populations and international
borders in peacetime and times of conflict, as well as
humanitarian missions during natural disasters,” said
Jane Bishop, vice president and general manager, au-
tonomous systems, Northrop Grumman.
The NATO AGS RQ-4D is based on the U.S. Air
Force wide area surveillance Global Hawk. The high-
altitude, long-endurance unmanned NATO AGS sys-
tem, which includes the multi-platform radar technol-
ogy insertion program radar, provides leading-edge
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capa-
bility that is able to deliver near real-time situational
awareness 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Led by
Northrop Grumman, the NATO industry team is com-
prised of companies from across NATO’s member
nations, including Leonardo, Airbus, and Kongsberg
and other defense companies from all AGS Procur-
ing Nations.

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