APOPKA, Fla., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A new hand held
targeting system developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:
NOC) that will enable soldiers to engage targets with precision
munitions while providing digital connectivity to related military
units has successfully completed developmental testing at White
Sands Missile Range in New
Mexico.
The evaluation of the company's Hand Held Precision Targeting
Device, or HHPTD, was conducted by the U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping
Force, in partnership with the Army Program Executive Office's
Project Manager Soldier Sensors and Lasers and demonstrated the
targeting device's effectiveness in varying terrain and
temperatures, ideal conditions for enabling the accurate gauging of
the technology's capabilities. Details about the test are
accessible from the U.S. Army website.
Northrop Grumman's Laser Systems business unit is delivering the
HHPTDs to support in-theater operations of Department of Defense
personnel. The device locates, acquires, designates, marks and
enables rapid target engagement with precision munitions and
digital connectivity to the Joint Forces engaged in conflicts. The
celestial navigation technology integrated in the system delivers
improved robustness despite local magnetic variations and Global
Positioning System (GPS) degraded or denied environments.
"This system is a lightweight, precision targeting device that
addresses the targeting accuracy needed by our warfighters to help
deliver today's precision GPS munitions in all operational
environments," said Gordon Stewart,
vice president and general manager, Laser Systems business
unit, Northrop Grumman. "We have been uniquely successful in
producing precision targeting enhancements to our systems through
the use of celestial navigation technology."
Northrop Grumman Laser Systems has developed the HHPTD and a
family of hand held laser target location systems tailored to meet
mission requirements in collaboration with FLIR Systems in
Goleta, California, General
Dynamics GIT in Nashua, New
Hampshire, and Wilcox Industries in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The HHPTD weighs approximately five pounds and includes an
internal high definition color day and thermal night vision sensor,
an eye-safe laser rangefinder, a GPS receiver and internal magnetic
and celestial navigation technologies. The system is compatible
with external precision azimuth and vertical angle modules and
provides precision target location information with digital video
output, and digital communication for target location data, plus a
capability for a near infrared laser pointer.
A world leader in the manufacture of military electro-optical
targeting systems, Northrop Grumman Laser Systems has fielded
thousands of portable, lightweight targeting and laser systems for
ground troops and ground vehicles, as well as airborne laser
rangefinders and designators fielded onboard many of the most
sophisticated manned and unmanned aircraft.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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