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REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Nov. 2, 2016 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) received a Program Excellence award from Aviation Week for leading the industry team building NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The award honors program teams for...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. –  Nov. 1, 2016 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will help the U.S. Air Force mature its plans to use directed energy systems for self-protection on current and future aircraft under a contract awarded by the Air Force...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Oct. 31, 2016 – The last of the five sunshield layers responsible for protecting the optics and instruments of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete.   Designed by Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, the Webb...

SAN DIEGO – Oct. 28, 2016 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) engineers and San Diego Zoo Global scientists are joining forces to gain a better understanding of the Arctic environment and the increasing threats to polar bears. Employee teams...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 12, 2016 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully flew an Optical Bar Camera broad-area synoptic sensor on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), marking the first time the legacy...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Oct. 5, 2016 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently took part in the annual U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Black Dart exercise for countering unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

SAN DIEGO – Sept. 29, 2016 –Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is set to build 10 additional MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters for the U. S. Navy, giving maritime commanders persistent, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. – Sept. 26, 2016 – Following a successful Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) led review, the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) obtained positive Milestone C low-rate initial production approval....

Watch Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush's speech on the future of Autonomous Systems, given at Kansas State University as part of their Landon Lecture Series.

NEWPORT, Rhode Island – Aug. 25, 2016 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) demonstrated  new cross domain approaches for autonomous undersea, surface and air vehicles to advance the Anti-Submarine Warfare mission during this year’s Annual Naval...