Northrop Grumman has secured a $153 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce lots 10 and 11 of a supersonic guided missile designed to counter surface-to-air threats. The company said Tuesday it will run the full-rate production of the AGM-88E2 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range for the Navy and Germany’s air force. […] More

Northrop Grumman has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force to enable flight rerouting for the military service branch’s RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system. The company said Monday it will apply the Dynamic Mission Operations or DYNAMO software update designed to allow for in-flight rerouting. According to Northop, the function allows operators to […] More

Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus spacecraft has left the International Space Station after delivering research, supplies and equipment to astronauts onboard the orbiting laboratory and is now scheduled to spend four weeks in orbit to conduct the second phase of its ISS resupply mission. Among the studies S.S. Ellison Onizuka will perform as part of the NG-16 […] More

The Air National Guard has demonstrated the performance of a Northrop Grumman-made active electronically scanned array radar pod using an F-16 aircraft. The AN/ASQ-236 Dragon’s Eye radar pod is designed to help pilots detect, track and engage multiple targets regardless of the weather, Northrop said Thursday. Dragon’s Eye uses a Ku-band radar to provide situational […] More

Northrop Grumman will advance the development of a satellite communications-enabled networking radio designed to allow the joint forces to communicate across land, sea, air and space domains. The defense technology company said Wednesday it received an expanded scope of work contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to mature the capabilities of its Freedom Radio […] More

Northrop Grumman has secured a $63.9 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to provide the military service branch with ammunition through Dec. 29, 2023. The company will receive fiscal 2020, 2021 and 2022 ammunition procurement funds from the Army to perform work in various locations across the U.S. and Germany, the Department of Defense […] More

Northrop Grumman completed in August the first insulation and case wind processes of a first-stage solid rocket motor for the U.S. Air Force’s future intercontinental ballistic missile. The company said Friday it applied insulation and composite outer casing across the three-stage Ground Based Strategic Deterrent’s motor to achieve the manufacturing milestone. The insulation will help […] More

A sensor satellite technology Northrop Grumman is developing for the Missile Defense Agency completed a key design assessment phase. The critical design review of the company’s prototype Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor offered a technical approach for how the system will work to track adversarial missile launches from ground, naval or aerial platforms, Northrop […] More

Nine companies across North America and Europe have formed a partnership that seeks to take part in NATO’s Alliance Future Surveillance and Control program. The Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations will bid to conduct risk reduction and feasibility studies to help inform NATO’s future tactical surveillance, command and control capabilities, Airbus, which […] More

Northrop Grumman has established a packaging line in Apopka, Florida, to process semiconductor wafer products intended for use in defense equipment such as radio frequency and electro-optic infrared systems. The company said Tuesday it will use the Micro-Line facility to conduct passivation, testing and other post-processing work on microelectronics packaging technologies with a diameter of […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s aerospace systems business has secured a $50.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to repair 36 critical common items in support of its RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems. The company will provide repair services for multiple sensor packages, air vehicles, launch and recovery elements and mission control […] More

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies and other industry partners have commissioned a new command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance production facility at ESG’s Allanton Shipyard. The new shore-based facility was designed to meet the requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter program and will support build-up, testing and […] More