Oct. 30, 2007 Northrop Grumman and Project Lead The Way have partnered in a national engineering initiative that will promote pre-engineering courses for middle and high school students, form partnerships between local school teachers and Northrop Grumman engineers, and strengthen links between industry and education. More...
Oct. 30, 2007 Northrop Grumman has received the New Freedom Initiative award from U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao in recognition of its commitment to helping American service members with disabilities succeed in the workplace and build careers. More...
Sept. 11, 2007 Northrop Grumman donated school supplies to benefit more than 1,100 students during the annual United Way Day of Caring project. The Day of Caring was established by the United Way to promote the spirit and value of volunteerism and increase employees' awareness of the needs of local human service agencies and schools. More...
Aug. 6, 2007 Northrop Grumman today announced the winners of its third-annual Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars program, which awards two $10,000 college scholarships to local area high-school students interested in pursuing a career in engineering. More...
June 15, 2007 Northrop Grumman announced its foundation will sponsor the Weightless Flights of Discovery program. The program, which includes hands-on workshops and zero-gravity aircraft flights, is offered to eligible middle school math and science teachers and college students studying to become teachers. This is one of several initiatives that the Northrop Grumman Foundation sponsors in support of promoting education and student interest in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. More...
May 24, 2007 Northrop Grumman has announced the winners of its first annual Engineering Scholars program in Central Florida, which will provide $10,000 in college scholarships this fall to each of two area high school seniors planning on studying engineering. Kelly Clonts (left) from Oviedo High School in Seminole County and Heather Cote (right) from Apopka High School in Orange County are this year's recipients of the merit-based Northrop Grumman scholarship. More...
May 14, 2007 Northrop Grumman is supporting the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 being held this week through a financial contribution of $25,000 and by employees who are volunteering their time to serve as judges and fill other vital roles. More...
April 22, 2007 As part of its ongoing effort to support math and engineering education, Northrop Grumman co-sponsored the Sally Ride Science™ TOYchallenge, a toy- and game-design competition intended to inspire 5th to 8th grade students, especially girls, to pursue careers in science and engineering. In this photo (left), Northrop Grumman employee and TOYchallenge judge Nick Bonafede (middle) and Marcia Reed, judge for Sally Ride Science (right), listen to a member of the Survival of the Dodos team explain the concept of their game. More...
April 19, 2007 Northrop Grumman hosted its 16th Annual Corporate Community Grants Reception, recognizing nonprofit organizations in the Southern California area. Attendees were treated to a viewing of the “Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination” exhibit (Northrop Grumman is a regional sponsor). At left, posing with Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi is Ian Ziskin, corporate vice president and Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer. Read More on our Charitable Giving Program
Northrop Grumman Sponsors Kites of Asia at the National Air and Space Museum
April 5, 2007 At Kites of Asia, the last in the Heritage Family Day series sponsored by Northrop Grumman, families learned about the art of kitemaking from the Kite Masters of Japan, then used their new skills to make more than 600 kites.
February 21, 2007 A model of the James Webb Space Telescope was built with 3,234 cans, weighing 2,348 pounds and covering 6 feet by 10 feet by 5 feet as part of the "Cangineering" project, a part of a week-long series of educational outreach activities. More...
February 9, 2007 Northrop Grumman announced today that it is funding, as the regional sponsor, the traveling exhibition Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, which explores the boundaries between fantasy and reality and the similarities between how scientists and filmmakers think. More...
February 6, 2007 Gregory Williams, general manager of Northrop Grumman Laser Systems presents a check to Bruce Furino from the University of Central Florida, with Christina Ackerman (left) and Cynthia Shelton (right) from the Laser Systems Community Outreach Committee. More...
December 11, 2006 Northrop Grumman received the 2006 Buzz Aldrin Space Education & Workforce Award from the California Space Authority for its Weightless Flights of Discovery teacher development program. Tom Vice (left), a vice president for the company's Integrated Systems sector, accepted the award on behalf of the company from Michael Sarver (right), a member of the CSA board of directors. The award was presented to Northrop Grumman at CSA's annual SpotBeam Awards dinner held Nov. 30 in Los Angeles.More...
