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 [...]Read More...
Turning Dreams into Reality
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 [...]Read More...
Mission Control from Home for the First Time
Many Northrop Grumman employees have adapted to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cygnus operations team is no exception.
3-D Printing for a Cause
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 [...]Read More...