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14 April 2023
by Michael Fabey
The USN awarded Northrop Grumman a full-rate production contract for AN/WSN-12 INS sensor packages. (Northrop Grumman)
The US Navy (USN) recently awarded Northrop Grumman a full-rate production contract for AN/WSN-12 Inertial Navigation System (INS) sensor packages, Rudy Fernandez, director of Maritime Systems and Integration at Northrop Grumman, confirmed to
Janes
on 3 April.
The company has delivered three AN/WSN-12 INS low-rate initial production (LRIP) sets – two for surface ships and one for submarines, with another LRIP submarine set expected in 2023 along with four full-rate initial production (FRIP) sets, two surface and two submarines – Fernandez told
Janes
during the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2023 conference held in National Harbor, Maryland.
With the finalisation of the five-year contract on 30 March, Northrop Grumman has received an order of eight AN/WSN-12 full-rate production units, six for surface ships and two for submarines, he said. The first installation and demonstration should begin in 2023, he added.
Speaking about the enhanced INS compared with the earlier equipment, Fernandez said, “The
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