Northrop Grumman breaks out the big guns at AUSA

With the growing threat of attacks by small unmanned aircraft systems on the battlefield, Northrop Grumman is pitching gun-based air defense systems designed to take down waves of aerial threats. At the Association of the United States Army’s annual convention, Northrop showed off its newest 50mm Gun-Based Air Defense system dubbed the Raid Hunter and the latest iteration of the M230. Both systems are part of Northrop’s patented Bushmaster Chain Guns , a collection of medium-caliber, vehicle-mounted machine guns that operate using an external power source. Kenn Todorov, the company’s vice…