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reference news reported on september 21the u.s. military once needed a huge airborne warning and control system (awacs) aircraft, fully loaded with personnel, sensors and computers to process data, but northrop grumman now says it has a way to complete most of its missions away from "vulnerable skies," according to a report by the u.s. defense one website on september 17.

the company announced at the aerospace and cyber ​​conference held in national harbor, maryland, on the 16th that the system called ng insight is a new "toolbox" that includes connection technology, physical processors, high-frequency communication apertures, and software-defined signal intelligence, network effects and communications. it enables users to connect multiple sensors to provide cross-domain early warning aircraft-like sensor capabilities.

dramatic improvements in off-platform computing coupled with improvements in commercial space communications mean these digital capabilities no longer need to reside on a single aircraft or platform, said jenna boxtis, vice president and general manager of northrop's cyber ​​information solutions division.

“we can leverage off-board processing sensors, cloud infrastructure to help us reduce size, weight and power, and then make room for other functions, which could be fuel, weapons or other payloads,” boxtis said. this in turn “helps ensure that our platforms are less detectable because of the lower power requirements, and also improve affordability, all of which will improve … lethality and survivability.”

the company has conducted some flight demonstrations and plans more later this year, she said. a key theme has emerged in those tests: using commercial satellite communications from companies such as spacex, oneweb and iridium to continue transmitting and collecting data where adversaries are using electronic warfare or other means.

“the most recent demonstration was specifically for the global lightning program. we successfully completed the first airborne demonstration of a hybrid satellite communications solution, providing seamless connectivity to a commercial space internet provider,” said boxtis. “the demonstration validated resilient, uninterrupted connectivity while rapidly switching between satellite constellations and orbits.”

users of the ng insight system could include commanders at headquarters or operators close to the battlefield, depending on what the mission is and what the electromagnetic environment is like, she said.