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MAGNA, Utah – Jan. 8, 2024 – Two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) extended length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) solid rocket boosters helped power the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Rocket and...

PROMONTORY, Utah – Dec. 8, 2023 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully conducted a full-scale static test fire of a new solid rocket motor that was developed in less than a year as part of its Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology...

MAGNA, Utah – Oct. 2, 2023 – Powered by Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) solid rocket motors, one Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) was successfully flight tested as part of the U.S. Navy’s Demonstration and Shakedown...

ROCKET CENTER, W. Va. – Jan. 9, 2023 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will assume production of rocket motors for the U.S. Army’s Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), fulfilling the full contract production quantity. The company...

MAGNA, Utah –Dec. 7, 2022 – (PHOTO RELEASE) Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed the first full-scale mix of the solid rocket motor propellant for its Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). This successful full mix helps ensure the solid rocket motors...

MAGNA, Utah. – Oct. 19, 2022 – (PHOTO RELEASE) Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has delivered the first two 63-inch-diameter extended length Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The solid rocket boosters will support the...

MAGNA, Utah – Aug. 10, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is expanding its solid rocket motor manufacturing facilities with the groundbreaking of new state-of-the art facilities to support nearly every phase of solid rocket motor...

PROMONTORY, Utah – July 21, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and NASA successfully conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor, known as Flight Support Booster-2. The five-segment solid rocket...

MAGNA, Utah – June 16, 2022 – (PHOTO RELEASE) Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team recently began fabrication of integral throat entrances for the NGI solid rocket motors. This key milestone marks the...

ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. – Jan. 5, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed a static test of its Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) rocket motor as part of its motor qualification effort. The test supports the necessary...