Feature Stories

The Northrop Grumman OmegA program team recently celebrated as the OmegA rocket was one of the three vehicles chosen by the U.S. Air Force to move forward in development of a system that will assure access to space for the nation’s most critical...

For more than 75 years, members of the U.S. Armed Forces and its allies have depended on the quality and reliability of small-caliber ammunition manufactured at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) in Independence, Missouri, to defend freedom...

Human spaceflight is inherently risky, which is why we have tremendous safeguards in place to protect our astronauts. When NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft fly in 2020, a Launch Abort System (LAS) will be incorporated into the...

For over 70 years, Northrop Grumman’s Missile Defense and Controls (MD&C), headquartered in Elkton, Maryland, has supported many industry “firsts.” The company’s solid rockets helped explore the boundaries of space in the 1950’s and land on the moon for...

How do you measure the value of a product whose primary goal is prevention? For the Northrop Grumman team that designs and produces the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) system, that value...

On Sept. 20, Northrop Grumman successfully conducted the first static test fire of its new Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM), the GEM 63, at its Promontory, Utah, test area. The rocket motor fired for 110 seconds, allowing engineers to gather data needed to...

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center honored Harry Reed, a 34-year-employee of Northrop Grumman, with NASA’s Outstanding Public Leadership Medallast month. This prestigious NASA medal recognizes non-government employees for notable leadership...

Northrop Grumman saw the end of an era with the final flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta II rocket. On Sept. 15, Delta II successfully boosted NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation satellite (ICESat-2), designed and built by Northrop Grumman,...

Northrop Grumman has successfully completed casting, or filling with propellant, the first live motor segment for its new OmegA rocket. The segment, developed as a part of the company’s Common Boost Segment (CBS) program, is specifically designed to...

When NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft launched on its historic mission to touch the sun, many locations across Northrop Grumman celebrated. Multiple teams had been working for years to ensure the successful launch of this flagship mission, and it ...