Northrop Grumman Purchases a Xybion SPS-1000 Positioning System

The Xybion SPS-1000 Positioning System will be used as a part of a Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SAR) payload test bed for the Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle.

Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) October 4, 2002 -- Xybion Corporation, Sensor Positioning Systems (Xybion), a designer and manufacturer of adaptable, highly reliable, very accurate positioning systems, announced today that Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems Group, Azusa, California has purchased a standard SPS-1000 Positioning System to be used as part of a Surveillance and Reconnaissance (SAR) payload test bed for the Global Hawk. If Northrop's experiment is successful, the SPS-1000 would become a key component of up to five additional flight systems and possibly be used for other airborne applications on the Global Hawk as well. Xybion may also be asked to support the systems analysis required to qualify the product for flight applications. The current contract is valued at over $100,000.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is an $18 billion, global aerospace and defense company with its worldwide headquarters in Los Angeles. Northrop Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in defense and commercial electronics, information technology, systems integration. Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial reconnaissance system designed to provide military field commanders with high-resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas.

Xybions positioning systems are ideal for high-velocity positioning, to micro-radian accuracies, of optical sensors, lasers, radars, and communication antennas installed on land, sea and airborne platforms. Our standard designs are modular allowing inexpensive customization to accommodate payloads weighing from 5 to 1,200 lbs. Xybion also supplies turnkey systems incorporating industry-leading optics, lasers, video cameras, IR sensors, stabilization sensors, automatic video trackers and software. Custom designs for hardware, software, training and installation are also available to support customers with unique requirements.