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. […]
Northrop Grumman employees from every sector around the world have continued to step up to join the fight against COVID-19, using their ingenuity and engineering expertise to support healthcare workers on the front line against this invisible enemy. Aaron Dolgin, a communications system engineer based in Redondo Beach, California, became involved through his mentorship of […]
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. […]
In late March, Northrop Grumman Program Development Manager Frank Minor spotted a do-it-yourself (DIY) Hack-a-Vent challenge issued by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), soliciting creative individuals from all over the country to come up with the best design and prototype for a quickly and easily manufactured basic ventilator to support medical response teams […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For the past 22 years, Northrop Grumman’s Yolanda Curtis has been committed to making an impact in healthcare. Her journey with the company began after she was living overseas with her family for her husband’s Army service. Having taken a break from a career in fashion to raise her children, she attended a career fair […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Orizon’s commercial work comprises a significant portion of their business. When the commercial demand dropped due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Orizon saw their largest defense customer step up to help them weather the storm. “With Northrop Grumman’s help, we’ve been able to keep our supply chain in place, keep a much larger […]