LONDON, April 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Northrop Grumman, NextWave Wireless, Successfully Test Public
Safety Network Solution and Enable First Real-time Remote Crime Scene
Investigation in the UK

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully completed a
public safety network trial in the UK, aimed at demonstrating how mobile
broadband wireless technology can help improve the responsiveness of the
emergency services.

The trial, held in collaboration with NextWave Wireless and led by the
National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), demonstrated how a mobile
broadband network could increase security, help the police force respond
faster to emergency services, and enable real-time transmission of
time-sensitive crime scene forensics.

"This is a robust, secure, broadband mobile wireless communications
solution that has the potential to significantly streamline and improve both
emergency and normal daily public safety operations," said Tom Afferton,
director of wireless engineering for Northrop Grumman's Information
Technology sector. "The trial builds on our successful New York City wireless
project and demonstrates the benefits of providing emergency services
responders with real-time mobile access to critical information in the
field."

The 2007 trial in Lewes, hosted by Sussex Police, used a mobile broadband
network powered by TD-CDMA technology from NextWave Wireless. The Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System standards-based mobile broadband wireless
technology delivers the broadband mobility, high capacity, reliability, and
scalability required to meet the real-time, fail-safe demands of a public
safety network.

"Northrop Grumman's experience of building wireless networks and our
systems integration expertise puts us in an excellent position to meet the
needs for this important area of technology development," said Graham
Thornton, managing director for Northrop Grumman in the UK. "We look forward
to continuing to work with the NPIA in developing ways of improving the
responsiveness of the emergency services."

Initiated through the NPIA's mobile information programme, the trial
allowed the Sussex Police to test the public safety solution jointly
developed by Northrop Grumman and NextWave Wireless in an operational
setting. The NPIA mobile information programme encourages police forces and
private sector companies to work together to provide solutions to policing
challenges such as public order, neighbourhood policing, and investigations
where mobile data can be valuable.

During the trial, the Sussex police used the mobile broadband network
successfully to transmit streaming video from fixed and body-worn cameras and
moving vehicles, even at speeds greater than 80 mph to the command station at
police headquarters. The trial also showed the value of high-speed mobile
broadband in vehicle pursuits and in potential arrest scenarios. Using the
mobile broadband network, Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) databases
in police cars can be continuously updated in real time ensuring that those
on the front line have the most accurate information at all times.

Sussex Police also created simulated crime scenes to demonstrate how the
mobile broadband network could serve the police in managing multiple crime
scene investigations remotely in real time using live video feeds and the
rapid transmission of forensic evidence.

Northrop Grumman designed the overall solution and provided project
management, system integration services and technical support for
applications including CCTV cameras, shoulder-mounted video cameras, tablet
PCs, an ANPR camera and database control room facilities.

NextWave Wireless supplied the TD-CDMA Node Bs base stations and related
core equipment and provided installation, commissioning, and project
management support services.

Northrop Grumman has more than 50 years of experience designing,
integrating, and operating some of the world's most complex and secure
communications systems. It provided the core systems integration for the
Airwave Service, the secure digital radio network dedicated for the use of
the UK's emergency and public safety services and with NextWave Wireless is
delivering New York City's public safety wireless broadband network.

Northrop Grumman in the UK operates from primary locations at Chester,
Coventry, Fareham, New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington and Solihull,
providing avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine
navigation systems, robotics, C4ISR solutions and mission planning, IT
systems and software development.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a US$32 billion global defence and
technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems,
products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace
and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Web site: http://www.northropgrumman.com