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Northrop Grumman international head John Brooks has decades of experience in the defence industry. For nearly thirty years he served in the US Air Force, rising to major general, flying in the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and C-141 Starlifter. An 11 -year veteran with Northrop, Brooks has served as vice-president of international business since 2007. Here he discusses the international outlook for Northrop, as well as the Missile Technology Control Regime, a possible stumbling block to sales of his company's high-end unmanned air systems
Q Northrop Grumman makes about 40% of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and has a significant role m the avionics of the Lockheed Martin F-IB. Both were recently eliminated from India's medium multirole combat aircraft competition. Does this suggest the USA needs to review Hs export controls?
This is ti givim. The USA needs to review its controls, and the; leadership from the business community side has clearly called for this. Government leadership from the president to the secretary of defence have also highlighted the need for this. How directly this is tied to the MMRCA competition is, however, a matter of speculation. But I find the MMRCA results of concern. There was an opportunity missed to strengthen the relationship with India, and we're all sorting through it to try and understand it.
QIs there any interest among the world's F-16 users for Northrop's scalable agile beam AESA radar for the F-16?
There is interest in our AESA technology. We're working with the LiS government on the export of those capabilities.
Q How about International interest for Global Hawk and the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned air systems?
I think it's substantial. We've seen the maturing of Global Hawk, and it...