Northrop Grumman Launches Next Generation of Wheelbarrow Bomb Disposal Vehicle

LONDON, April 12, 2010 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has launched the latest enhanced
version of its industry-leading Wheelbarrow unmanned ground vehicle for the
remote handling and surveillance of hazardous threats. The Wheelbarrow Mk9
vehicle, designed, developed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman in the UK,
includes significant advances in technology and performance and a range of
new features that will improve its capabilities for both civil security and
defence applications.

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The Wheelbarrow Mk9 will be on display in Northrop Grumman's exhibit at
Counter Terror Expo, the international exhibition and conference dedicated to
addressing the continuing worldwide threat from terrorism. Counter Terror
Expo takes place at the National Hall, Olympia, London from 14-15 April.

"We are continually developing and expanding our products and their
capabilities to meet the evolving needs of our military and civil security
customers in detecting and disposing of improvised explosive devices and
handling hazardous threats," said Kevin Rooney, managing director Unmanned
Ground Vehicles for Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector in Europe.
"This latest design of our well proven Wheelbarrow vehicle combines greater
speed, mobility, exceptional payload and reach capabilities with the latest
control, communications and camera specifications to offer unsurpassed
performance."

Key features of the Wheelbarrow Mk9 include: digital communications for
improved quality and greater security; enhanced user-friendly command console
with touch-screen facility and joystick control; wireless hand controller for
local remote control and; greater functionality including preset positions.
The vehicle also has a dedicated separate data channel for additional sensor
integration. Its performance characteristics rank it among the most capable
vehicles available in its class: it can climb a 45-degree stairway; has a
modular telescopic arm with 7-degrees of freedom and a maximum reach of more
than 6m; a maximum speed of 5km/hour; and a lift capacity of 150kg.

Wheelbarrow is one of the most capable and reliable unmanned ground
vehicles in its class available today and has a proven record of success. It
is recognised as the benchmark vehicle for remote disposal of improvised
explosive devices and is product of choice for users around the world.
Wheelbarrow was first used by British Army bomb disposal teams in the 1970s
and since then it has gone through a number of design upgrades to extend
capabilities and meet changing needs.

Northrop Grumman is the sole supplier to the UK MoD for this size of
vehicle and is a partner to Police and military user organisations
world-wide. The company has more than 2,000 unmanned ground vehicles in
operation around the world.

Northrop Grumman's unmanned ground vehicle business has been established
in Coventry for more than 20-years. Today the company designs, develops and
manufactures some of the most capable and reliable unmanned ground vehicles
available, from the Wheelbarrow bomb disposal robot to CUTLASS, the latest
vehicle for hazardous operations in development for the MoD. Its wide range
of vehicles can be configured according to the operational requirements of
the user including explosive ordnance disposal, ground surveillance,
hazardous material and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN)
missions. The vehicles are capable of full integration with command control
system applications.

Northrop Grumman in the UK operates from a number of locations providing
avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine navigation
systems, robotics, C4ISR solutions and mission planning, airport security,
aircraft whole life support, IT systems and software development.

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.

Ken Beedle of Northrop Grumman Corporation, +44-207-747-1910, +44-7787-174092, Ken.beedle at euro.ngc.com