Northrop Grumman hails NATO AGS firsts as IOC nears

摘要

Northrop Grumman has hailed a series of world firsts for its RQ-4D Phoenix-based Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, ahead of NATO's declaration of initial operating capability (IOC).Leslie Smith, vice president for NATO and Global Hawk, told Janes that standing up the AGS system had seen Northrop Grumman overcome a series challenges for the safe and successful employment of a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that had not previously been faced by either industry or an end-user.