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title: "Northrop’s new UK facility"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:46:13+00:00"
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#  Northrop’s new UK facility

 Written by S Johnson on 18 October 2009.

Northrop Grumman officially opened its new UK manufacturing facility for UGVs. The site will work on Wheelbarrow and Cutlass – the UK’s next-generation UGV – and the site was opened by Lieutenant General Gary Coward, Chief of Materiel (Land).

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