Mission Control from Home for the First Time

Cygnus as seen from the International Space Station

How Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Team Overcame COVID-19 Challenges to Meet Critical Customer Needs Many Northrop Grumman employees have adapted to working from home offices, kitchen tables and even their couches during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cygnus operations team — which recently celebrated one year of continued operation of a Cygnus spacecraft — is no exception. […]

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Answering the Call, Together

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Our Response to COVID-19 Northrop Grumman and our employees are working together and supporting each other, and the nation, in the fight against COVID-19. Our priority is to keep our employees healthy and safe, at work and at home, and we are providing expanded resources to support them with the increased challenges we all face. […]

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Sewing with Purpose

Assorted colors and styles of masks for COVID-19

Northrop Grumman employees, many of whom are creatives and enjoy making things with their hands both at home as well as at work, routinely use their innovative thinking and resourcefulness to solve unique problems. And now, they’re using their creativity for a greater good — one stitch at a time. Sewing enthusiasts from across the […]

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Ideas Brewing to Solve Sanitizer Shortage

Craft beer brewing equipment in brewery

With individuals and businesses across the country facing shortages of hand sanitizer, Madeleine Low, director of Programs at the Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence (MAD CoE) in Melbourne, Florida, decided to explore alternate sources. Madeline’s team supports projects vital to national security and, as a result, must continue to work on-site at Northrop Grumman […]

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3-D Printing for a Cause

3-D Printed visors

When members of Northrop Grumman’s Fabrication Laboratories (FabLabs) in California began recognizing a standout need for personal protective equipment for those on the COVID-19 frontlines, they put their engineering skills to good use: using 3-D additive manufacturing to help produce face shields. Northrop Grumman quickly committed funding for labor and materials. What began as a […]

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Using 3-D Printing to Meet Critical Needs of Front Line Workers

To meet the extraordinary challenge presented by COVID-19, Northrop Grumman employees have found creative ways to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for local community healthcare workers. Starting with a few employees using their own 3-D printers to make face shields, headbands, and mask extenders, the effort recently expanded to include Northrop Grumman’s Fabrication Labs (FabLabs) […]

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Supporting the CDC in the Global Pandemic

With COVID-19 confirmed worldwide, including the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web team has been working 24/7 to develop and manage content in multiple languages, and maintain a stable IT infrastructure with spiking hits to the CDC website. Of the more than 600 Northrop Grumman employees and contractors supporting the […]

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A Helping Hand in Harpenden

As much of the world continues to self-quarantine and limit its exposure to COVID-19, some of the most isolated people — the elderly and those unable to connect with close friends and family — need a helping hand more than ever. Carissa Tripi, a traveling field engineer currently supporting a Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator customer […]

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight COVID-19 – White House Challenge

Calling on high-tech companies across the country to step up in this time of crisis, the White House issued an Artificial Intelligence Challenge on March 16. The objective: use artificial intelligence or information technology innovations to predict, act or communicate to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on individuals, supply chains and the economy. One of […]

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Sweet Treat Turns into Sweet Surprise for Local Food Bank

Enormous cinnamon roll

After spending a week at home because of the coronavirus crisis, Whitney Rutz, a Northrop Grumman employee based in Portland, Oregon, decided to bake herself a giant cinnamon roll to cheer herself up. She posted it to social media and was pleasantly surprised when people responded asking for a roll for themselves. Whitney decided to […]

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Supporting Social Security Field Offices Through COVID-19

Ordinarily, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) headquarters and its more than 1,200 field offices across the country, are visited daily by thousands of citizens either in person, or by phone, seeking assistance with supplemental income and health and disability insurance. These services are critical, and for many of the nation’s elderly and disabled the SSA […]

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Opening Doors in a Pandemic

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A Simple Invention Impacts Safety Looking to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among on-site employees, Megan Cooney, Northrop Grumman manufacturing engineer, wanted to eliminate hand-to-door-handle contact across the company’s Baltimore, Maryland campus (also known as the BWI campus) and at other company locations. “In response to this need, we brainstormed ideas to fabricate a […]

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Adapting Northrop Grumman’s Intern Program to the Pandemic

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As universities across the world responded to COVID-19, college students packed their bags, moved back into their childhood bedrooms and continued their semesters online. In the midst of the confusion, many received the devastating news that their summer internships were cancelled; in fact, according to an April 2020 poll by the National Association of Colleges […]

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Turning Dreams into Reality

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Aaron Dolgin, a Northrop Grumman engineer and mentor with the FIRST® Robotics Competition program, saw his students’ disappointment when the pandemic interrupted their competition schedule. He also quickly discovered their desire to help. Aaron teamed up with a friend and fellow engineer to bring together their combined networks of high school robotics teams, college students […]

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Suppliers See the Impact of Northrop Grumman’s Support

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Northrop Grumman’s Support Reaches Country’s Smallest Businesses As the COVID-19 pandemic swept over the world, Northrop Grumman acted quickly to support its supply chain through personalized outreach, accelerated payments and a steady flow of demand for products. One supplier says these steps have not only helped them, but have facilitated them extending aid to their […]

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Forrest Machining, Inc. Supports Their Suppliers With Help from Northrop Grumman

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused personnel shortages, product demand issues and cash flow challenges for companies around the world. Forrest Machining, Inc., an aerospace machining and assembly company in Valencia, California, has been able to work through all of these challenges with support from Northrop Grumman. “The COVID crisis created a manpower shortage initially,” said […]

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Supporting Our Suppliers through COVID-19

B-2 Spirit airplane flying at dusk with mountain range in background.

As an essential business, Northrop Grumman is continuing to deliver for our customers throughout this crisis, and taking measures to support our supply chain ecosystem of thousands of suppliers across 50 states and 51 countries. “Our supply chain partners are critical to our success, enabling us to satisfy the needs of our customers and ensuring […]

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