Northrop Grumman is expanding its artificial intelligence and digital integration capabilities across both air and enterprise domains, with new milestones in F-16 modernization and the launch of a company-wide AI infrastructure designed for national security workloads.

The company recently demonstrated successful integration of its Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) with the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The two systems now operate concurrently in the same electromagnetic spectrum, allowing radar and electronic countermeasures to function simultaneously without interference.

The IVEWS–SABR combination gives the F-16 a more agile defensive posture and improved situational awareness in dense electronic environments. The system has logged over 250 flight hours in U.S. Air Force operational testing and is being considered for wider deployment across the global F-16 fleet.

The F-16 remains one of the most widely operated fighter aircraft in the world, flown by more than 25 nations including the United States, Israel, Greece, Poland, South Korea, and Taiwan. As modernization efforts continue, many operators are investing in advanced radar and electronic warfare upgrades to extend the jet’s lifespan and keep it competitive in multi-domain operations.

In parallel with its platform-level work, Northrop Grumman has launched a new Enterprise AI Factory, a digital infrastructure designed to accelerate the deployment of AI applications across classified and unclassified missions. The project was developed in partnership with Future Tech Enterprise, Dell Technologies, Red Hat, and NVIDIA, and runs on Dell PowerEdge servers equipped with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs.

The platform combines Red Hat OpenShift AI with DDN’s enterprise storage systems, enabling secure model training and rapid scaling for defense and intelligence workloads.

“This technology empowers us to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions that support our national security missions,” said Travis Garriss, Northrop Grumman’s chief information and digital officer. Future Tech CEO Bob Venero added that the AI Factory “shows how mission alignment and collaboration can accelerate adoption of next-generation computing inside government and defense.”

Together, the IVEWS–SABR integration and the Enterprise AI Factory reflect Northrop Grumman’s broader effort to combine digital modernization with operational capability. As the Pentagon and allied air forces seek to compress development timelines and deploy adaptive systems, the company’s push toward embedded AI and networked infrastructure positions it as a key player in the race for digital airpower and defense resilience.