Slitherine

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Northrop Grumman's RC-12X Airborne Signals Intelligence System Completes 1,000th Mission
U.S. Army System Affordably Delivers High-Reliability Signals Intelligence

MCLEAN, Va., July 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RC-12X Guardrail system recently completed its 1,000th mission since going into theater in 2011. The RC-12X provides operationally effective signals intelligence (SIGINT) capability, delivers rapid precision geolocation of high-value targets and maintains high operational reliability rates, giving unprecedented advantages to the warfighter.

This milestone reaffirms the RC-12X as a robust and affordable airborne SIGINT system with proven field performance and the agility to adapt to a broad range of missions and environments ranging from tactical to strategic. The system is able to fly single-ship missions in an overwatch capacity and detect a large quantity of diverse signals simultaneously. This capability increases intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) force structure efficiency and produces higher-value intelligence. Its inherent interoperability with other systems and adaptability to emerging signal threats positions the RC-12X to support the U.S. Army as ISR missions evolve.

"The RC-12X continues Northrop Grumman's commitment to the Army as a leading provider of airborne SIGINT integrator solutions with proven reliability," said Kathy Warden, vice president and general manager for Northrop Grumman's Cyber Intelligence division. "We're working in partnership with our Army customer to ensure that the RC-12X fleet will continue to serve the warfighter and intelligence community as their needs broaden."

The RC-12X program is on track to deliver seven additional systems in 2012 and 2013, bringing the RC-12X fleet to a total of 14 systems. It continues to offer highly cost-effective, modern SIGINT technology to address current and evolving needs in a budget-constrained environment.

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Delivered the first seven of 14 fully modernized
RC-12X Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS)
aircraft in FY11 and immediately deployed
them in support of ground combat operations.
In FY12, the Army procures and integrates
Enhanced Situational Awareness (ESA) and High
Band COMINT (HBC) on the remaining seven
RC-12X GRCS systems for fielding this year.

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I may be overly picky but, when I view the modified dates in the rar file, they all say 4/11. After installation, the dates of the images are earlier. I d/led to DB3000/Images.

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ORIGINAL: MrGandi

Would be great to have personal like SEALs, 8x available as loadout for C-2A(R) Greyhound same as it is already for MH-60S Knighthawk.
Could be usefull for SpecOps personal airdrops deployed from aircraft carrier.
For "Tears of the Sun" like missions

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MrGandi
Would be great to have personal like SEALs, 8x available as loadout for C-2A(R) Greyhound same as it is already for MH-60S Knighthawk.
Could be usefull for SpecOps personal airdrops deployed from aircraft carrier.
For "Tears of the Sun" like missions

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ORIGINAL: Pergite!

I wonder if it would be outrageously possible to add more units, or specifically the entire Db to the generic side? I have been looking at creating scenarios from NATOs fictive Zoran Sea or Skolkan settings. It does however cosmetically not look that good with the mix of all nation specific entries (a French aircraft drops Russian paratroopers while protected by Chinese fighters etc). Some unit looks generic until you press their Db entry in the viewer, others present their parent name in their unit name on the map. Even if I rename the unit, that name is never shown if it belongs to another side than the player.

Btw generic trucks gets ID "none" if they aren't identified as a specific side. Maybe should be changed to their signature equipment "Trucks".

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ORIGINAL: mikmyk

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ORIGINAL: Pergite!

I wonder if it would be outrageously possible to add more units, or specifically the entire Db to the generic side? I have been looking at creating scenarios from NATOs fictive Zoran Sea or Skolkan settings. It does however cosmetically not look that good with the mix of all nation specific entries (a French aircraft drops Russian paratroopers while protected by Chinese fighters etc). Some unit looks generic until you press their Db entry in the viewer, others present their parent name in their unit name on the map. Even if I rename the unit, that name is never shown if it belongs to another side than the player.

Would need to make a change to our database architecture or would cost of us probably 40+ hours in copying and pasting for what is more or less a cosmetic change of text line. Sorry this is probably not in the cards at this point. Time->value thing.

Mike

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ORIGINAL: Coiler12

I honestly don't see what the problem is with just borrowing from other countries. My very first scenario: Albania doesn't have J-6s. Ok, take them from another user (in this case North Korea). I don't think it ruins the immersion.

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Would need to make a change to our database architecture or would cost of us probably 40+ hours in copying and pasting for what is more or less a cosmetic change of text line. Sorry this is probably not in the cards at this point. Time->value thing.

Trucks and None bit logged.

Thanks!

Mike

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ORIGINAL: Mgellis

Another solution for Pergite! and other seeking generic platforms. There is now a generic infantry company, which can be used as the foundation for pretty much any kind of land unit you would like, since you can swap sensors and weapons in and out. Just as a test, I added six 155 mm howitzers, renamed it, and poof! it's a "Klingon artillery battery." This won't cover everything (e.g., armored platoons) but it certainly opens up a lot of fictional/alternate history/etc. possibilities.

Again, just a thought. I hope this helps.