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REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – June 20, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has successfully powered up the two main parts of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a significant event in the test and integration phase of the program.   The Webb...

MCLEAN, Va. – June 13, 2018 – The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a contract to sustain and modify a worldwide network of ground-based radars deemed critical to the success of its missile warning/missile defense and...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – June 8, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) posted the following statement today:

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – June 7, 2018 – A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) payload will provide highly protected communications for warfighters under a new $429 million contract with the U.S. Air Force.

AZUSA, Calif. – March 30, 2018 –Two critical instruments built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) newest weather satellite were activated and are successfully performing post-launch...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the past to measure and capture images of stars and galaxies that began to form billions of years ago. The Northrop Grumman Foundation, in conjunction with filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn, developed a...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – March 12, 2018 – All the major elements of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now reside in a giant clean room at Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Redondo Beach facility, setting the stage for final assembly and testing...

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – March 1, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract from Space Systems Loral (SSL) to supply its space navigation system for a next-generation satellite constellation.

Since the beginning of the U.S. space program in 1958, every space system developed by this country has been manufactured, integrated and tested on Earth, then launched into space aboard a rocket. This approach has been both expensive and logistically...

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – Feb. 5, 2018 – The two halves of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now reside at Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) in Redondo Beach, Calif., where they will come together to form the complete observatory.