NAWCWD rebuilt BQM-34-41s into -55s with help from Northrop Grumman

The U.S. Navy is running low of BQM-74s so it decided to bring 20 BQM-34-41 models out of mothball. So instead of sending them to Northrop Grumman for upgrade to the BQM-34-55 model, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division paid the contractor to learn how to do it themselves.

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Working side-by-side with Northrup-Grumman technicians, the Threat/Target Systems Department (TTSD) team upgraded three targets, learning the process and documenting every step. The other 17 targets they finished in-house, purchasing the required avionics from Northrup-Grumman but doing the work themselves.

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