Northrop Grumman To Feature 'Family Of Systems' Mission Concepts In AFA Air Warfare Symposium Display

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Visitors to Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) exhibit this week at the Air Force Association's (AFA's) Air Warfare Symposium will get a fresh, interactive glimpse of how future wars could be fought.

The company will be featuring a mission concept called "family of systems" (FoS) on several large touch-screen displays. Representatives will be on hand to demonstrate how the FoS approach can help reduce costs and make missions more effective. The interactive display in booth No. 403 will guide visitors through mission scenarios ranging from natural disaster relief or a counterinsurgency to operations in the most sophisticated enemy threat environments.

Northrop Grumman's exhibit will also feature the company's expertise in military logistics and training, including ReadyBlue™, its mobile flight line management application. A complete look at the company's AFA-related media activities is available at www.northropgrumman.com/afa .

FoS was conceived by the U.S. Air Force and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments think tank as a way to reduce the complexity and costs of future weapons systems. Instead of putting all of the sensors, weapons and equipment required for a given mission on a single advanced platform, it spreads capabilities and equipment among multiple, less complex platforms. Working together, this family of platforms creates a battlefield effect greater than any one platform can provide.

"A 'family of systems' approach allows the Air Force to buy and build advanced weapon systems more affordably," said Paul Meyer, sector vice president and general manager, advanced development programs, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "It also produces more reliable mission outcomes because no one platform becomes a single point of failure."

Northrop Grumman is helping build customer confidence in the FoS approach though program performance, innovation and a relentless focus on affordability, Meyer added.

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