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Northrop Grumman Touts Low-Cost Training

AIN DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE » AUGUST 17, 2012

by  BILL CAREY

Northrop Grumman displayed a model of the Sandstorm remotely piloted aircraft at the Unmanned Systems North America conference in Las Vegas. (Photo: Bill Carey)

August 17, 2012, 10:35 AM

Northrop Grumman is marketing an unmanned aircraft that could be a low-cost alternative for training the operators of its own MQ-5B Hunter and the Predator and Reaper UAVs made by General Atomics.

At the recent Unmanned Systems North America conference in Las Vegas, the company briefed reporters on the Sandstorm/Longshot remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training system, based on the Sandstorm air vehicle built by Unmanned Systems of Henderson, Nev. The term “Longshot” refers to remote control of the aircraft via the Internet. “Longshot gives us the ability to fly the aircraft through the Internet, to translate stick inputs to the aircraft,” said Karl Purdy, Northrop Grumman marketing lead for new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).