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Northrop Grumman has validated the design and manufacturing process for the future U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile following the completion of the first inert stage-one and stage-two solid rocket motor casting. The company said Wednesday the completed set for the LGM-35A Sentinel program will undergo modal testing along with an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built stage-three solid rocket motor […] More
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force will launch the B-21 Raider bomber in the first week of December at the company’s facility in Palmdale, California. Tom Jones, corporate vice president and president of Northrop’s aeronautics systems, said in a statement published Tuesday the company is proud of its partnership with the Air Force as […] More
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a new facility in Baltimore, Maryland, in an effort to expand the aerospace and defense contractor’s space equipment manufacturing and testing efforts. The Maryland Space Assembly and Test 2 facility provides 55,000 square foot space to support digitally integrated manufacturing, assembly and testing of space payload and ground systems, the company […] More
The Department of the Air Force has named Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Science Applications International Corp. to an industry consortium tasked with developing the digital infrastructure for the Advanced Battle Management System. The companies announced in separate statements their selection to the five-member consortium to develop and deploy secure processing, data management, connectivity and […] More
Northrop Grumman has rolled out the first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle built for Australia‘s air force at a manufacturing location in Palmdale, California. Wednesday’s unveiling event comes almost three years after the company began aircraft construction work at its Moss Point, Mississippi, factory, Northrop said. The Australian defense department collaborates with Northrop and the […] More
Northrop Grumman and Cubic‘s mission and performance solutions division have jointly demonstrated a high-capacity backbone platform intended to support mission systems interoperability and data connectivity in all defense domains. The companies presented during a cross-industry event the potential applications of HCB technology and an open-architecture gateway system to the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain […] More
Northrop Grumman is using a patented, robotic-based additive manufacturing technology to advance the development of high-temperature composites used in hypersonic and high-speed weapon manufacturing. The Scalable Composite Robotic Additive Manufacturing Carbon/Carbon system employs 6-axis continuous fiber reinforcement to fabricate 3D-printed composite structures before undergoing a proprietary manufacturing process, Northrop said Thursday. SCRAM works to reduce […] More
U.S. Navy pilots have tested a Northrop Grumman-built targeting system while operating an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The initial flight demonstration of the multisensor Litening pod showcased the system’s surveillance and autonomous target tracking functions, Northrop said Wednesday. Super Hornet aircrew used the pod training laser mode and completed various tasks such as identifying ground […] More
Boeing has conducted a virtual demonstration of a new open autonomy architecture designed to enable manned-unmanned teaming capabilities for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 aerial refueling system. During the digital flight test, three different simulated naval aircraft tasked four virtual, autonomous MQ-25s to conduct tanking and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions without communicating with the ship-based […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a potential one-year, $13 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop, implement, test and sustain the Radar Technology Insertion Program sensor. The company will also maintain and repair the Integrated Mission Management Computer for NATO under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. The sole-source contract involves […] More
Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman have been awarded individual contracts worth $45 million combined to commence work on Phase 1.2 of the U.S. Air Force’s Stand-in Attack Weapon program. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center awarded the contracts on a sole-source basis and expects work on SiAW initiative to be completed by […] More
Northrop Grumman continues to collaborate with the U.S. Air Force to integrate a radar aided targeting system and other new capabilities into the defense contractor’s B-2 Spirit Stealth heavy bomber. The company said Thursday RATS is meant to enable B-2 to fully employ the B-61 mod 12 nuclear bomb, with the integration expected to conclude […] More
