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Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Monday said it has successfully demonstrated its airborne data gateway aboard an MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system flying testbed to link various naval assets, including the F-35 fighter plane and DDG-51 Aegis-class destroyers, to create a common operating picture for distributed maritime operations. For the interoperability demonstration, ground-based simulators were used to represent the F-35, destroyers, an E2-D Advanced Hawkeye battle management aircraft, and carrier strike groups. The gateway hosted on the Triton flying test bed…
