LONDON, July 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will be participating in the UV
Europe conference and exhibition where it will highlight its industry leading
capabilities in unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned ground systems, and
their effectiveness in combating piracy and irregular warfare.

Northrop Grumman has a 60-year history of providing more than 100,000
unmanned aircraft systems to military customers in the US and around the
world.

UV Europe takes place 22-23 July 2009 at the Celtic Manor Hotel, Newport,
Wales and will address military and civil unmanned systems operating in all
three environments - air, land and sea.

Northrop Grumman representatives will be among the speakers on the first
day of the conference. Gene Fraser, vice president and deputy of the Strike
and Surveillance Systems Division for Northrop Grumman will present on
unmanned aircraft systems in the maritime irregular warfare environment
including piracy, maritime patrol and non-combat operations.

Trevor Hughes, senior engineering manager Unmanned Ground Vehicles
(Remotec), for Northrop Grumman Information Systems sector in Europe will
speak on the design and technology challenges of unmanned ground systems.

"As unmanned aircraft systems technologies mature, modern armies are
realizing that the integration of autonomous systems into operational
networks can result in considerable savings while significantly improving
mission capability," said Gene Fraser. "Unmanned aircraft offer vital
persistent intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance
capabilities for peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions but also have an
increasingly important role in maritime patrol and non-combat operations."

Northrop Grumman will be exhibiting at UV Europe and will highlight its
wide range of unmanned aircraft systems. The Global Hawk high altitude long
endurance unmanned aircraft will be featured including the U.S. Navy Broad
Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS), the German
Luftwaffe Euro Hawk(r) and the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance unmanned
airborne segment. The MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical take-off and landing unmanned
aircraft will also be highlighted together with the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air
System and the medium altitude, extended range MQ-5B Hunter unmanned
aircraft.

In addition, Northrop Grumman and AESIR Ltd, developers of a range of
vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft for urban and rural
environments, will be collaborating in a joint demonstration of unmanned
ground and aircraft capability for remote detection and disposal of explosive
ordnance. Northrop Grumman's Wheelbarrow Mk8 Plus II unmanned ground vehicle
adapted with the removal of its standard arm will be used as a
remotely-operated vertical take-off and landing platform for AESIR's Embler
unmanned aircraft, a development craft powered by an electric engine.

Northrop Grumman has a strong presence in the UK with a heritage spanning
nearly 100-years. The company operates from primary locations in London,
Fareham, Chester, Coventry, New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington and
Solihull and provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems,
marine navigation systems, unmanned ground vehicle systems, C4ISR solutions
and mission planning, IT systems and software development, aircraft whole
life support and airport security solutions.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose
120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in
aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical
services to government and commercial customers worldwide.