Griffon Corporation : U.S. Navy demonstrates Telephonics’ Radar on MH-60S Helicopter
05/14/2012| 05:43pm US/Eastern
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y, May 14, 2012- Telephonics Corporation, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF),
announced today that the U.S. Navy conducted an exercise to
demonstrate several Anti Surface Warfare concepts of
operation using an MH-60S (Sierra) helicopter in conjunction
with a Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The exercise
included the use of Telephonics' multi-mode, maritime
surveillance radar on the MH-60S.
The demonstration took place at the Chesapeake, MD Test
Range, and it highlighted the ability of the radar to rapidly
perform wide-area surveillance and to automatically detect
and track surface contacts over wide areas. Provided with a
surface surveillance picture, the crew of the MH-60S is able
to classify targets of interest using the high resolution
inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imagery from the
radar and to direct the Fire Scout to specific contacts of
interest for identification with its on-board
electro-optic/infra-red (EO/IR) sensor.
These EO/IR images were also linked back to the Sierra via an
L-3 Communication Systems West VORTEX data link providing
them with valuable tactical situational awareness.
Additionally, the MH-60S linked both radar information
(Tracks, ISAR, and SAR (synthetic aperture radar) imagery)
and EO/IR full motion video, again via the VORTEX data link,
to the Patuxent River Surface/Aviation Interoperability
Laboratory (SAIL).
The exercise also demonstrated the ability of the U.S. Navy
with industry partners; Telephonics, Lockheed Martin, and L-3
Communications to go from concept to prototyping to
demonstration of a seamless congruence of complex
technologies in months not years. The U.S. Navy provided its
Fire Scout asset, and Lockheed Martin coordinated the
industry team to install equipment on board the MH-60S,
including the Telephonics radar and the L-3 VORTEX data link
installed on both the MH-60 Sierra and MQ-8B Fire Scout. All
data coming from Fire Scout was transmitted and received via
the L-3 data link.
About Telephonics
Telephonics' high-technology engineering and
manufacturing capabilities provide integrated information,
communication and sensor system solutions to military and
commercial markets worldwide. Telephonics specializes in
aircraft intercommunication systems, wireless communication
systems, radars, identification friend or foe products,
integrated security systems, air traffic management systems,
aerospace electronics, and the performance of threat and
radar system analyses.
About Griffon Corporation
Griffon Corporation (the "Company" or "Griffon"),
headquartered in New York, N.Y., is a diversified management
and holding company that conducts business through
wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company oversees the
operations of its subsidiaries, allocates resources among
them and manages their capital structures. The Company
provides direction and assistance to its subsidiaries in
connection with acquisition and growth opportunities as well
as in connection with divestitures. Griffon also seeks out,
evaluates and, when appropriate, will acquire additional
businesses that offer potentially attractive returns on
capital to further diversify itself.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global
security and aerospace company that employs about 123,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research,
design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment
of advanced technology systems, products and services. The
Corporation's net sales for 2011 were $46.5 billion.
About L-3 Communications
L-3 Communication Systems-West is a leader in communications
systems for high-performance intelligence collection, imagery
processing and satellite communications for Department of
Defense (DoD) and other government agencies. The company
provides high-data rate, wideband, secure, real-time
communications systems for surveillance, reconnaissance and
other airborne intelligence collection systems. To learn more
about L-3 Communications, please visit the company's web site
at www.L-3com.com/CSW.
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