Candace Givens, formerly vice president of the overhead persistent infrared and geospatial systems business unit at Northrop Grumman, announced on LinkedIn Friday her promotion to VP of mission assurance at the company’s aeronautics systems sector. Givens first joined Northrop as an electrical harness designer in 1996. After over two years, she moved to Boeing in the same capacity. […] More

Andrew Jarrett, formerly senior director of the COLOMBIA integrated power systems operating unit at Northrop Grumman, announced on LinkedIn Friday that he has been promoted to vice president of marine systems. Jarrett commenced his tenure with the defense and space manufacturer in January 2020, initially assuming the role of quality and mission excellence director before advancing to senior director of the company’s launcher systems operating unit.

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Executive Mosaic has inducted Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of defense systems business at Northrop Grumman, into the 2022 class of the Wash100 Award in recognition of her leadership in all-domain command and control as well as other defense capabilities and services. This represents the second consecutive year that Petryszyn has been included […] More

Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president and president of Defense Systems for Northrop Grumman as well as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss the impact of the company’s recent $1.4 billion contract award to produce the Army’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS). In addition, […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Mary Petryszyn, corporate vice president of Defense Systems with Northrop Grumman, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for her efforts to drive modernization and support new technology offerings for the defense, security and military sectors. This marks Petryszyn first Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic congratulates Mary Petryszyn and Northrop Grumman on her first Wash100 Award.

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Tom Afferton, vice president of Defense and Intelligence Business Unit with Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding information technology (IT) modernization, cybersecurity and evolving threats. He also addressed how the company has helped customers adapt to remote working and how it’s shifted the technology and cultural landscape. “When you talk about IT […] More

Northrop Grumman has supplied its mission computer system to the U.S. Marine Corps in support of the service branch’s H-1 helicopter upgrade program. The company said Thursday the Tech Refresh Mission Computer was fielded onboard the UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft as part of the upgrade program which aims to replace UH-1N and AH-1W helicopters with […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded NICE Systems the 2015 Supplier Excellence Award for NICE’s contribution to New York City’s Emergency Communications Transfer Program project. The award recognizes Northrop’s information systems sector suppliers in accordance with schedule, management, technical, financial and quality standards, NICE said Nov. 16. “NICE is honored to receive this award from Northrop Grumman […] More

Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush is confident the company’s unmanned systems offerings fulfill various requirements of its customers worldwide, Flight Global reported Friday. Bush told an earnings call Wednesday that Northrop Grumman is seeing increasing demand from U.S. allies worldwide for its X-47B unmanned carrier air system-demonstrator program, Beth Stevenson reports. He said the company […] More

Northrop Grumman has entered into a partnership with EpiSci to develop and deliver tactical autonomy tools for unmanned and uncrewed aerial systems to U.S. and international customers. Under the agreement, Northrop will integrate EpiSci's TacticalAI software into its aeronautics system architecture to advance the development and deployment of secure autonomous systems designed to meet warfighters' mission requirements.

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Northrop Grumman has secured a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to produce the initial batches of next-generation digital radar warning receivers designed to protect military assets from advanced airborne threats. The AN/APR-39E(V)2 is an open-architecture technology that uses a smart antenna and advanced processing to detect radio frequency threats over a broad range of spectrum, including the millimeter-wave band of frequencies, Northop said Monday.

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Danny Polidi, a digital engineering executive with government contracting experience, has joined cost estimation and analysis company Galorath as a practice principal for hardware and systems engineering. In this role, he will oversee the development and implementation of transformational engineering tools designed to support the workforce development and cost optimization goals of commercial and public sector clients, Galorath said Tuesday.

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