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Northrop Grumman Opens UK Office For Unmanned Ground Vehicles

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Friday, October 16th, 2009

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] Oct. 13 officially opened its newly extended U.K. facilities for the design, manufacture and technical support of the company's unmanned ground vehicles. The enhanced facilities located at Northrop Grumman's Remotec site in Coventry, U.K. will support the full range of unmanned ground vehicles including Wheelbarrow and CUTLASS, the next generation vehicle being developed for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Northrop Grumman executives, as well as MoD officials and local political leaders attended the event. "We have made…

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