A Northrop Grumman business unit has received a Commissioner’s Business Recognition Award from the Orange County School District, Florida Education Foundation and Florida Department of Education for the company’s partnerships with local schools. Northrop said Wednesday its laser systems business has worked on programs such as the Wekiva High School Laser Photonics Career Academy …
Read More »Army Tests Northrop’s Handheld Laser Targeting Device; Gordon Stewart Comments
The U.S. Army has conducted developmental testing on the Northrop Grumman-developed Hand Held Precision Targeting Device at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to demonstrate the device’s target engagement functions. The company said Wednesday that the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force and Program Executive Office’s Project Manager – Soldier Sensors and Lasers evaluated the digitally …
Read More »Northrop, Trex Enterprises to Collaborate on Military Navigation Tech; Gordon Stewart Comments
Northrop Grumman has signed a licensing agreement with Trex Enterprises to develop a celestial navigation technology intended to help address the precision targeting needs of the U.S. military and allies. Northrop will build and integrate Trex’s navigation systems into ground targeting platforms for users to locate targets, Northrop Grumman said …
Read More »Northrop Laser Defense System Moves Up a Grade on Govt Measurement
Northrop Grumman Corp.’s laser defense system technology has reached the sixth level of a nine-level government measurement system, the company announced Monday. The All Semiconductor Airborne Laser Threat Terminator system went through a series of thermal, vibration, shock and field tests. The system also had to meet a set of performance …
Read More »Northrop Grumman’s WORTHY Program Gives Students Hands-on Engineering Experience
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today its Laser Systems business unit recently concluded its second annual Worthwhile to Help High School Youth mentoring program in Apopka, Fla. The WORTHY program, created by Northrop Grumman, promotes the pursuit of technical degrees and careers among high school students. This year’s program concluded with …
Read More »Northrop Grumman Awards Scholarship to High School Grads
Northrop Grumman has announced the winners of its annual Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars Program. The award, a $10,000 scholarship, was given to two Central Florida high-school students who plan to pursue a career in engineering. “Our nation needs young people to consider pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math,” …
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