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Application Briefs
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orthrop Grumman Corporation has conducted a successful
flight test of its advanced airborne navigation solution,
Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) / Inertial Navigation
System (INS) Modernization, known as EGI-M. It is the
first time that EGI-M, equipped with an M-Code capable receiver,
has been tested in flight.
M-Code technology enables missions to be conducted in
GPS-contested and GPS-denied environments. The M-Code
capable GPS receiver is a core component of Northrop Grumman's
EGI-M program, engineered to quickly transmit positioning,
navigation and timing information. The fully operational
EGI-M system will feature a modular platform interface,
designed to be integrated with current platform navigation
systems, supporting advanced software and hardware technology
upgrades now and in the future.
" This flight test is a major step forward in developing our
next generation airborne navi-gation system. The EGI-M capability
developed by Northrop Grumman enables our warfighters
to navigate accurately and precisely through hostile and
contested environments, " said Ryan Arrington, Vice President,
Navigation and Cockpit Systems, Northrop Grumman.
Testing took place in May aboard a testbed aircraft. Flight test
data confirmed that Northrop Grumman's prototype EGI-M
solution, the M-Code capable LN-351, performed at standards
equal to its current LN-251 INS / GPS system, featuring modern
fiber optic gyro technology. Critical design review for EGI-M
was completed in 2020. Launch platforms for Northrop Grumman's
EGI-M are the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the F-22
Raptor. Additional fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms across
Department of Defense and allied forces have selected Northrop
Grumman's EGI-M as their future navigation technology to
support mission-critical systems.
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