EADS Astrium GmbH has selected a Northrop Grumman-supplied inertial reference system to use on the Mercury Planetary Orbiter expected to launch in 2014 as part of Europe’s BepiColombo mission, Northrop Grumman’s Navigation Systems Division announced Sept. 9.

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