Reconnaissance Assets Undercut By Pentagon Infighting
Using the example of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP), Loren B. Thompson of Lexington Institute says Pentagon infighting create additional, unnecessary difficulties for America's reconnaissance programs.
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Lawmakers rally to save radar program from budget cuts
Nearly 90 U.S. lawmakers are rallying to save the E-10 and the MP-RTIP, Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program.
16 senators and 73 members of the House of Representatives signed a pair of identical letters and sent it to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Northrop Grumman Begins Flight Testing of New MP-RTIP Radar Technology
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has started flight testing of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor.
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Northrop Grumman Begins Flight Testing of New Radar Technology for Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $90 million contract, to be completed in September 2009, from the U.S. Air Force to integrate the MP-RTIP radar into the Global Hawk.
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Low, Slow and Stealthy
Aviation Week explores the latest in the U.S. military's thinking and efforts on cruise missile defense. Most of the efforts centers around the MP-RTIP radar.
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Electronic Systems Group Tests Next Generation Radar
The USAF 851st Electronic Systems Group is preparing for a year-long test of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program aboard the Proteus.
The MP-RTIP is the next generation airborne sensor that will be carried by the Global Hawk and E-10A.
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Proteus prepared for radar trial
The Proteus high-altitude, long-endurance manned testbed aircraft has flown with a 16.5m (54ft)-long canoe fitted under its fuselage.
The canoe is to simulate the multi-platform radar technology insertion program (MP-RTIP) sensor.
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Northrop Grumman, Air Force Finalize Design on New Airborne Surveillance Radar, Begin Hardware Production Phase
A Northrop Grumman Corporation-led team and the U.S. Air Force have reached a major milestone on a next-generation airborne surveillance radar program (MP-RTIP) by finalizing the radar's baseline design and starting the development and demonstration phase of the program.
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Northrop lands Air Force radar contract
Northrop Grumman just won a Phase II contract worth up to $888 million dollars over six years to develop, integrate and test the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) radar. The Air Force plans to put the MP-RTIP on its Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft and its E-10A/Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft, or MC2A.
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