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  • Northrop Grumman completes successful test flight of airborne navigation system

    Northrop Grumman completes successful test flight of airborne navigation system

     

    Image: Northrop Grumman
    Image: Northrop Grumman

    Northrop Grumman has conducted a successful flight test of its advanced airborne navigation solution, embedded GPS/INS modernization, known as EGI-M. It is the first time that EGI-M, equipped with an M-code capable receiver, has been tested in flight.

    Testing took place in May aboard a testbed aircraft. Flight test data confirmed that Northrop Grumman’s prototype EGI-M solution, the M-code-capable LN-351, performed at standards equal to its current LN-251 INS/GPS system, featuring modern fiber optic gyro technology.

    Critical design review for EGI-M was completed in 2020. Launch platforms for Northrop Grumman’s EGI-M include the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the F-22 Raptor. The fully operational EGI-M system will feature a modular platform interface, designed to integrate with current platform navigation systems — supporting advanced software and hardware technology upgrades.

  • US Air Force grants Honeywell GPS/INS contract

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    Honeywell has been granted a four-year, $99 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force for the embedded GPS and inertial navigation systems (INS) modernization program (EGI-M). Honeywell will provide engineering, manufacturing and development services to the EGI-M program under the sole-source contract, according to the Department of Defense.

    Work will be performed in Clearwater, Florida, through April 19, 2024.

    The contract is the result of a sole-source acquisition and only one offer was received. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Position, Navigation & Timing Contracting Branch, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8576-20-C-0001).