NASA expects Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft to leave the International Space Station Jan. 6 following the delivery of almost 8K pounds of crew supplies, commercial technology and scientific experiments.
Read More »Northrop to Deliver Global Hawk UAS Spare Parts to Japan
Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has secured a $37.7M contract to provide spare parts for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems to the government of Japan.
Read More »Northrop Sends Spacecraft Bus to AFRL for ‘Arachne’ Solar-Beaming Research Mission
Northrop Grumman has delivered a spacecraft bus to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in support of the Arachne program aimed at demonstrating power-beaming systems in low-Earth orbit by 2024.
Read More »Northrop Books $73M USAF Contract to Update Missile Remote Visual Assessment Tech
Northrop Grumman has received a $73.2M delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to incorporate new capabilities into a remote visual assessment tool in support of the Minuteman III missile's production and deployment.
Read More »KBR Subsidiary Continues High-Energy Laser Dev’t for Army Stryker Vehicles
A KBR subsidiary is continuing integration activities for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Experimental High Energy Laser weapon at the company’s new facility in Huntsville, Alabama ahead of prototype deliveries scheduled for fiscal year 2022.
Read More »Northrop Delivers ‘Digital Cockpit’ Update for Army’s UH-60V Helicopters Ahead of Initial Flights
Northrop Grumman has shipped the latest version of an avionics suite with digital cockpit features to support the U.S. Army’s fleet of UH-60V Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters, Inside Defense reported Wednesday.
Read More »Northrop-Built Boosters Propel Atlas V Rocket Carrying NRO Payload
Northrop Grumman powered the deployment of the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-101 mission aboard an Atlas V rocket with three of its Graphite Epoxy Motors 63 strap-on boosters.
Read More »Blue Origin Eyes Lunar Cargo Delivery Services in 2023; Steve Squyres Quoted
Blue Origin plans to offer cargo delivery services to the moon by 2023 as the company develops a landing system for NASA’s crewed mission to the lunar surface, GeekWire reported Friday.
Read More »Northrop Books $57M Navy Contract for Sea Skimming Target Production
Northrop Gruman has secured a $57.1M contract to commence full-rate production of 19 GQM-163A Coyote supersonic sea skimming targets for the U.S. Navy and the government of Japan.
Read More »Kathy Warden: Northrop Invests in Digital Engineering for Air Force GBSD Missile Program
Kathy Warden, the chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the company is leveraging digital manufacturing technologies for U.S. Air Force missile programs, Defense News reported Tuesday.
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Tom Afferton, VP of Defense and Intelligence Business Unit with Northrop Grumman Defense Systems
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. …
Read More »ULA Preps Atlas V Rocket for NRO Launch; Gary Wentz Quoted
United Launch Alliance has begun final preparations for its Atlas V vehicle ahead of launching a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read More »Northrop Supplies Global Hawk UAS Sensors, Multispectral Camera to Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has received Northrop Grumman-built sensor and camera technologies in a push to modernize the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for the service branch and the geographic combatant commands.
Read More »Northrop Concludes Critical Design Review for USAF Airborne Navigation Tech
An airborne navigation system Northrop Grumman is developing for the U.S. Air Force completed a key hardware and software design assessment phase. The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization system, which features M-code GPS receivers and an open architecture built to accelerate threat response, passed the critical design review.
Read More »Northrop to Prototype Army Intell Ground Station; Troy Brashear Quoted
The U.S. Army's Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities office and the Defense Innovation Unit have selected Northrop Grumman to build two semi-autonomous prototypes for a new military system designed to process situational awareness data from multiple sensors.
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