Northrop wins spot in Pentagon drone program as U.S. pushes mass production (NOC:NYSE)

Northrop wins spot in Pentagon drone program as U.S. pushes mass production (NOC:NYSE)

Northrop Grumman joins DoD’s $1B Drone Dominance Program with modular drone payloads, signaling a shift in defense spending—learn what it means for NOC.

Five companies win DoD’s Drone Dominance small drone ‘Lethality Prize Challenge’

“[The] Lethality Challenge selection gives us a rail-locked pathway to thousands or tens of thousands of unit orders for this product, which has absolutely changed the caliber of discussion we’re having with investors, suppliers, other customers/partners, etc,” drone-maker Bravo’s Kevin Landtroop told Breaking Defense.

Pentagon Picks Northrop Grumman, 4 Others for Drone Dominance Lethality Challenge

Pentagon has selected five companies for its drone lethality initiative Drone Dominance program is targeting rapid scaling of low-cost unmanned systems Northrop Grumman and Bravo Ordnance pitched payloads for small attack drones The Pentagon has selected five companies as winners of its Drone Dominance Lethality Prize Challenge, a competition focused on identifying scalable payload systems for […] The post Pentagon Picks Northrop Grumman, 4 Othe…

DIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program's Lethality Challenge

The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has chosen five companies as winners of the Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Prize. Northrop Grumman [NOC] was the only traditional defense company picked. The […]

Northrop Grumman selected as preferred payload provider for U.S. Department of War Drone Dominance Program

The Drone Dominance Program is a $1 billion initiative focused on the rapid fielding of low-cost, consumable unmanned aerial systems and associated mission systems. The Department of War aims to field more than 200,000 drones by 2027 to provide distributed lethal effects and expand U.S. defence industrial capacity. Northrop Grumman said its selection positions the company to help scale payload production for the growing number of small drones ex…