News Releases

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – April 27, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) supported yesterday's successful launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV heavy rocket. The rocket launched a national security payload, designated...

PROMONTORY, Utah – Jan. 21, 2021 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) conducted a validation ground test of an extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) today in Promontory. This variation of the company’s GEM 63 strap-on...

PROMONTORY, Utah – Oct. 12, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will continue supporting NASA’s Artemis missions by providing six additional abort motors and attitude control motors (ACM) for the Orion human spaceflight capsule’s Launch Abort...

PROMONTORY, Utah – Aug. 13, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) conducted its first ground test of an extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63XL) today in Promontory, Utah. This variation of the company’s GEM 63 strap-on...

ELKTON, Md. – Feb. 25, 2020 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), along with NASA and Lockheed Martin, successfully completed its third and final qualification test of the Attitude Control Motor (ACM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System...

ELKTON, Md. – Aug. 23, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), along with NASA and Lockheed Martin, announced today that it successfully completed the second qualification test of its Attitude Control Motor (ACM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft ...

DULLES, Va. – Aug. 22, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) provided the rocket boosters for today’s successful launch and deployment of the U.S. Air Force’s second Global Positioning System III-series satellite (GPS III SV02) on a United...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – July 2, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) provided major support for the booster and two additional motors for today’s successful test of the NASA Orion crew spacecraft’s abort system. The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test...

MAGNA, Utah – June 4, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) shipped the inert abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) from the Northrop Grumman facility in Magna, Utah, to Kennedy Space Center, Florida. It will...

Dulles, Va. – April 4, 2019 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) conducted its second ground test of a 63-inch diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) today in Promontory, Utah. The company developed this new side-mounted rocket motor to add power...