{"id":50215,"date":"2023-02-14T15:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/14\/northrop-links-drones-ships-in-demonstration-of-connected-navy-fleet\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:44:33","slug":"northrop-links-drones-ships-in-demonstration-of-connected-navy-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2023\/02\/14\/northrop-links-drones-ships-in-demonstration-of-connected-navy-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop links drones, ships in demonstration of connected Navy fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN DIEGO \u2014 Northrop Grumman, the world\u2019s fourth-largest defense contractor by revenue, said it was able to share information between a high-flying surveillance drone and stand-ins for fighter jets and warships in what it called a first-of-its-kind flight test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successful trial, carried out in October, demonstrated the ability to connect military assets in the air with those at sea, a significant step toward future U.S. Navy operations defined by daunting distance and contested communications, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.northropgrumman.com\/news\/releases\/northrop-grumman-connects-distributed-platforms-across-domains\" target=\"_blank\">company executives said<\/a> Feb. 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test involved an MQ-4C Triton drone, outfitted with a \u201cgateway,\u201d and a handful of simulated battlefield players: an F-35, an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and Aegis class destroyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the gateway, which hooked into the Triton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/industry\/2023\/02\/13\/us-navy-teams-with-qualcomm-to-research-5g-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\">onboard radar and artificial intelligence<\/a>, the drone relayed sensor data to what the company billed as previously disconnected platforms. Such a sentiment strikes at the heart of the Department of Defense\u2019s connect-everything-everywhere campaign known as Joint All-Domain Command and Control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis powerful combination expands the mission set of maritime platforms to deliver a seamlessly connected fleet,\u201d Ben Davies, a Northrop vice president and general manager for network-information solutions, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2023\/02\/08\/how-the-us-navy-is-creating-the-nirvana-of-one-combat-system\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7606890.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How the US Navy is creating the \u2018nirvana of one combat system\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy is working to decouple software from hardware and is developing decision aids to support the Integrated Combat System.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To stay ahead of China and Russia, the U.S. military is attempting to dissolve the walls that have long compartmentalized the services, their databases and their weapons. The multibillion-dollar endeavor,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/11\/17\/how-the-pentagon-knows-when-jadc2-innovations-are-working\/\" target=\"_blank\"> referred to as JADC2<\/a>, envisions any sensor feeding any shooter the data he or she needs \u2014 meaning responses to foreign aggression will likely be quicker, more efficient and less constrained by geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the Navy is pursuing what\u2019s known as distributed maritime operations: becoming harder to find, harder to target and harder to sink. Underpinning the concept is the need for reliable, insulated connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gateway installed on the Triton drone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms\/2023\/01\/18\/f-22-cut-from-us-air-force-data-sharing-prototype\/\" target=\"_blank\">boosts its data-sharing capabilities<\/a> and, in the long run, could help link forces scattered across the Indo-Pacific or other watery expanses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTriton\u2019s altitude, persistence and robust communication links make it an ideal candidate to host the gateway system,\u201d Jane Bishop, a Northrop vice president and general manager for global surveillance, said in a statement. \u201cThis demonstration highlighted gateway technology enhancements to Triton that would enable information dominance across distributed maritime assets, including access to the F-35\u2032s robust sensor suite and the E-2D\u2019s battle management capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration also featured the Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and BAE Systems. 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