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  • Northrop Subsidiary to Help Build Optics System for Thirty Meter Telescope Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Help Build Optics System for Thirty Meter Telescope Project

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received funds from the Thirty Meter Telescope organization to continue support work on a narrow field infrared adaptive optics system for the TMT astronomical observatory construction initiative. Northrop said Tuesday its subsidiary AOA Xinetics will design and build a functional actuator mirror equipped with nearly 400 channels as well as test the mirror against TMT operational requirements. An […] More

  • UMass Lowell Completes PICTURE-B Exoplanet Research Mission Using Northrop-Built Mirror - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UMass Lowell Completes PICTURE-B Exoplanet Research Mission Using Northrop-Built Mirror

    The University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology has concluded its Planet Imaging Coronagraphic Technology Using a Reconfigurable Experimental Base exoplanet research mission following its return from space. PICTURE-B features a 22-inch-diameter silicon carbide primary mirror built by Northrop Grumman‘s AOA Xinetics subsidiary, Northrop said Tuesday. The mirror worked to support PICTURE-B’s mission to observe the Rigel […] More

  • Roman Hachkowski Joins Northrop Grumman as AOA Xinetics GM; Chris Yamada Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roman Hachkowski Joins Northrop Grumman as AOA Xinetics GM; Chris Yamada Comments

    Roman Hachkowski, a veteran in optical systems, has joined Northrop Grumman as general manager of the AOA Xinetics business unit. Hachkowski previously held roles at General Dynamics, BAE Systems, ZYGO and Goodrich before he joined AOA Xinetics, Northrop said Thursday. Chris Yamada, vice president of aerospace products business unit at Northrop Grumman, said Hachkowski will leverage his […] More

  • Northrop Completes Deformable Mirror for Solar Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Deformable Mirror for Solar Telescope

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has completed its work to design a deformable mirror for a solar telescope. AOA Xinetics engineered the ground-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, Hawaii with funds from the National Science Foundation, Northrop said Thursday. The National Solar Observatory and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy led development work […] More

  • Northrop’s AOA Xinetics Delivers Picture B Primary Mirror for Exoplanet Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s AOA Xinetics Delivers Picture B Primary Mirror for Exoplanet Research

    Northrop Grumman company AOA Xinetics has completed delivery of the primary mirror for University of Massachusetts, Lowell’s Picture B mission. The goal of Picture B, short for Planet Imaging Coronagraphic Technology Using a Reconfigurable Experimental Base, is to accelerate UMass Lowell’s exoplanet research through accurate dust and debris measurements from nearby stars, Northrop said Thursday. […] More