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Red 6 Partners with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the development and integration of autonomous systems
Red 6, a hardware-enabled software company revolutionizing military flight training, today announced its partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) on the Beacon™ initiative – Northrop Grumman's open-access next-generation testbed ecosystem designed to rapidly deliver new autonomous mission capabilities.
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