Northrop Grumman has launched its first Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods, broadening its in-space capabilities from satellite life extension to autonomous servicing, repair, refueling and assembly.
The LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program is taking shape through a combination of digital engineering, launch-silo prototyping, missile-case manufacturing and booster integration.
Northrop Grumman has delivered 1,600 F-35 Lightning II center fuselages on schedule, extending output from an automated California plant built to support U.S. and international customers.
Curtiss-Wright said on September 1 that it had received an approximately $14 million contract from Northrop Grumman to supply sensor-processing equipment for the U.S. Army’s Improved Threat Detection System.
Northrop Grumman is moving toward a deeper industrial role in Australia as the government seeks to establish sovereign solid rocket motor production for long-range strike systems.
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Low-observable technology allows the B-2 Spirit to penetrate sophisticated air defences and operate against heavily protected targets.
“The B-21 Raider represents the future of our nation's strategic deterrence, and the security apparatus protecting it has to be equally advanced,” said Lt. Col. Michael Olson, commander of the 28th Security Forces Squadron.
Northrop Grumman sees missile defense becoming an increasingly important growth business, with demand stretching from integrated air defense systems in the Middle East to interceptor propulsion, U.S. homeland defense and national security space.
Northrop Grumman has received a $7 million DARPA contract to integrate diamond cooling into semiconductors for military radar and communications.
The U.S. Air Force has selected IVEWS as the electronic warfare program of record for its F-16 fleet.
Northrop Grumman unveils B-21 Raider-inspired Air Force Academy football uniforms while stealth bomber production accelerates
Northrop Grumman said IBCS has completed 34 successful flight tests involving 44 intercepts.
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