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Northrop Grumman‘s X-47B unmanned aircraft completed a series tests on deck operations aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier to see how the drone maneuvers in a flight pattern alongside manned aircraft. The U.S. Navy said Sunday that the drone demonstrated catapults, arrested landings, flight deck taxiing and refueling and integration functions with the F/A-18 as part of […] More
Redstone Defense Systems has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to modernize the digital cockpit of the U.S. Army‘s new fleet of Black Hawk helicopters. Northrop will work to produce and integrate the avionics system of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters in order to replace analog gauges of the legacy model, Northrop said Friday. “We are committed to this […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft has achieved a milestone by completing 100 southwest Asian missions for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force 69th Reconnaissance Group has extended the RQ-4 drone’s operational area to the Pacific region, Northrop said Thursday. Global Hawk is built with a multi-platform sensor technology that works to locate […] More
John Pranzatelli is the president of MBDA Inc., where he is responsible for working with U.S. military customers and partners to develop new products and grow MBDA Group’s presence in the U.S. market. Prior to this role, he was MBDA’s vice president for strategy and business operations. Before joining MBDA, Pranzatelli served at Northrop Grumman as vice […] More
Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace business unit has completed delivery of 13 stored-energy monopole antennas to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates — the prime contractor on the Canadian Space Agency’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Astro Aerospace said Wednesday the antennas are configurable, deployable and compact and will be installed onto the Automatic Identification System payload. They are designed to support Earth observation missions with their capability […] More
Northrop Grumman and Cyber Security Challenge U.K. have partnered to hold a competition meant to foster cyber talent and inspire students to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The U.K.’s CyberCenturion contest will be based on the Northrop-sponsored CyberPatriot challenge for U.S. secondary students, Northrop said Monday. “CyberPatriot has grown at […] More
Northrop Grumman continues to support incoming college students who intend to pursue science and math degrees by awarding two new grant recipients during the company’s 10th Engineering Scholars Program ceremony. Graduating seniors Rick Hallman from Prospect High School and Nicholas Ratajczyk from William Fremd High School became the latest to receive $10,000 merit scholarships from Northrop […] More
Northrop Grumman has completed its work to manufacture the fuselage for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle and is sending the fuselage to a plant in Palmdale, California for the final stages of production. In a notice posted July 28, NATO said the overall AGS Core system will have both ground and air segments. For the air segment, Northrop will provide […] More
Northrop Grumman will add new systems into Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers under $41 million in new contracts from Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the U.S. Navy. Northrop said Wednesday it will build and test five integrated bridge and navigation systems under an $11 million contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command. The company will also deliver […] More
Northrop Grumman and enterprise software company Infor have forged an alliance to help U.S. government customers implement and operate applications for managing organizational functions. Infor said Tuesday that Northrop will provide deployment and management services for public agencies that will acquire Infor software offerings through the partnership. Jun Choi, Northrop director for enterprise business solutions, […] More
Matt McQueen serves as sector director of strategic and external communications at Northrop Grumman‘s information systems sector, where he acts as the primary spokesperson and communications liaison to the sector’s external stakeholders. He is also responsible for the sector’s integrated strategic communications campaigns, executive communications and media relations functions. Prior to this role, McQueen held […] More
Wes Bush, chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman, urges the government to allow federal contracting personnel flexibility in making procurement decisions to achieve efficiency, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Bush spoke at the recent National Contract Management Association World Congress about the need to practice a flexible acquisitions approach amid the government’s tendency to award contracts to vendors […] More
