Northrop Grumman is driving the vision for a less expensive torpedo design that’s also light enough to be carried on new generations of smaller delivery platforms. […]
Manufacturing the Very Lightweight Torpedo
Mentorship and Digital Engineering Go Hand in Hand
Northrop Grumman is invested in developing a strong foundation in digital engineering to answer requirements our customers create. […]
Mission Unlimited: Inventing Autonomous Recharging of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
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What’s the Frequency? An AI Algorithm Can Help with That
While chaos, disorder and panic can follow a disaster if public communication breaks down, Michelle Jin realized an AI algorithm could essentially cut through competing radio signals to find a proper frequency that would benefit first responders and victims in a disaster zone. […]
Protected: Pushing the Limits of Physics with High Performance Computing
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Seeing the Future Forest Through the Trees
The HOP Queue project was born out of our Technology for Conservation (T4C) initiative, which leverages engineering expertise to help solve environmental sustainability challenges. […]
Digital Twins Facilitate Program Success
The use of digital twins is a critical element of digital transformation success as Northrop Grumman works with government and industry partners. […]
Head in the Clouds
Even the most advanced military technology and missions need help to withstand the elements and at Northrop Grumman, our atmospheric scientists are the in-house experts on weather and its potential impact on the U.S. military. […]
The Women of Artemis
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Time Machine to the Cosmos
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been making history ever since it was propelled into space in December 2021, revealing never-before-seen details of the early cosmos. Referred to as a time machine, Webb’s powerful instruments use infrared vision to peer back over 13.5 billion years and view the earliest stars and galaxies. […]
Brawn, Brains and Beauty
Northrop Grumman is at the forefront of Industry 4.0. The latest industrial revolution is about leveraging four key digital technologies to optimize resources, enable faster decision making based on real-time data, and to produce higher quality products at a reduced cost. […]
Northrop Grumman’s Next-Generation Scramjet Delivers Hypersonic Propulsion that Weighs Less to Pack More Punch
Northrop Grumman’s next-generation scramjet engine has all the advantages of hypersonic speed – and can put a missile on target before enemy defense systems can respond effectively. […]
Advanced Technology and Innovation
The result of constantly questioning and problem solving? A shared purpose that puts Northrop Grumman on the forefront of innovation and advanced technology development, everywhere from below the waves to above the atmosphere. […]
The Beginning of Beyond: Artemis Rocket Testing Helps Propel the Next Giant Leap in Space Travel
An uncrewed version of NASA’s new heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) will be the first of several Artemis missions that will break boundaries and set records, returning us to the moon and ultimately preparing us for unprecedented exploration of deep space. […]
Future Vertical Lift The Agile-built Helicopter for the Modern Military
Future Vertical Lift will be the most sophisticated rotorcraft to enter military service. All systems are connected by the digital backbone, allowing the next generation of avionics and self-protection systems to work in a unified way. Northrop Grumman is uniquely positioned to help the Department of Defense shift the rotary wing fleet from analog to digital, from federated to open and integrated. […]
RQ-4 Global Hawk Modernized Ground Segment Comes in From the Cold
A new modern, flexible Northrop Grumman facility will allow RQ-4 Global Hawk operators to control up to 10 aircraft at once and deliver ISR data to analysts faster than ever. […]
Lights, Camera, F-14 Tomcat
Early in his career as a radar intercept officer onboard the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, a movie studio came to make a film on Tom T’s base, Naval Air Station Miramar, California. […]
Using Automation and Robotics in Advanced Aircraft Production
Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Assembly Line uses automation to produce precision F-35 subassemblies at unprecedented levels of speed, quality and affordability. […]
Interoperability Leads to LongShot
Northrop Grumman’s LongShot Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is another example of continued modernization and improvements in advanced weapons technology that are critical to national security. […]
Life on a Moon Base
In July 2022 — sponsored by Northrop Grumman and as part of earning her master’s degree in human spaceflight from the University of North Dakota — Krystal volunteered to teach a three-week course on lunar base architecture and space human factors for the Juneau Icefield Research Program. […]
A Career in Orbit
On Jan. 31, 2023, Vice President Kamala Harris awarded Doug and Bob the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their meritorious efforts and contributions to America’s space programs throughout their NASA careers, including their roles in the Demo-2 mission. […]
A New Way to Power the World’s Most Powerful Navy
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How We’re Building the Future of Work at Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is defining the future of work by focusing on a expanding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, designing multiple pathways to employment, and focusing on employee development. […]
Bending the Laws of Physics to See the Farthest Reaches of Space
What if you’re trying to build humankind’s most powerful space telescope – one that must survive the intense heat of launch and the extreme cold of space – all without giving an inch? […]
Zeroing in on Greener Business
Northrop Grumman has set an ambitious goal to achieve “Net Zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. In short, this means the company will balance its emissions of greenhouse gases with the removal of those gases. […]
A Water and Electricity Pairing: NiobiCon™ Technology Sparks Self-Insulating Solutions
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One of the Quietest Places on Earth: A Silent Testing Chamber to Improve Radar
The world is becoming increasingly cluttered by radio frequencies from wireless devices, making testing radars a challenge. To ensure radars are going to perform as needed, engineers need a space that eliminates radio interference. […]
Designers to the Stars: Dressing Spacecraft for Mission Success
Before launching onto the celestial stage, Northrop Grumman experts dress spacecraft to protect it from extreme space temperatures. […]
ESPAStar: A Freight Train to Space
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10 Facts About Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider
When it comes to delivering America’s resolve, the Raider provides the Air Force with long range, high survivability and mission payload flexibility. The B-21 will penetrate the toughest defenses for precision strikes anywhere in the world. […]
James Webb Space Telescope: How Northrop Grumman Prepared the Webb Sunshield to Unfold Flawlessly in Space
How do you unfold a five-layer sunshield the size of a tennis court orbiting in space from the ground? With practice. A lot of practice. […]
High Performance Computing Will Take Us to the Far Reaches of Space
Northrop Grumman’s propulsion systems engineers use high performance computing capabilities to design the rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System. […]
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Making Super-small Microelectronics with Superpowers
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One Shot to do the Impossible: The Intense Testing of the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope will orbit far beyond the reach of human repairmen, so engineers only got one shot to get it right. To prepare for this, Northrop Grumman conduced some of the most intense tests ever devised. […]
Going DA/RC: A Bright Future for Battlefield Management
As a leader in digital transformation for defense, Northrop Grumman is looking to what’s next in battlefield management. The future of defense may be in a software system known as Distributed Autonomy/Responsive Control, or DA/RC. […]
Game Changer Part III: Triumph
In the Spring of 2018, questions from the media, Congress and the science community swirled around NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope program. The headlines weren’t kind. […]
Cosmic Game Changer: Northrop Grumman and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
The story of how NASA, together with an industry team led by Northrop Grumman, achieved the unprecedented: a tool for exploration of the deepest mysteries of our existence. […]
Game Changer Part II: Northrop Grumman and the James Webb Space Telescope’s Confounding Sunshield
From day one, everyone involved in the program knew that when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived on orbit it would change humanity’s understanding of our cosmic origins. If it worked… […]
Beyond the Boneyard
Northrop Grumman finds creative solutions to end-of-life management. From STEM education to technician training and public display, Northrop Grumman is demonstrating that there is still plenty of life in end-of-life technology. […]
Virtual Reality Brings Engineers to the Moon
Northrop Grumman engineers use virtual reality and 3D-printed models to step into astronauts’ shoes and test the feasibility of procedures in the lunar module. […]
Keeping Astronauts Safe with NASA’s Orion Spacecraft’s Launch Abort System
Northrop Grumman keeps astronauts safe with its launch abort system that will be part of the Artemis mission. […]
LIDAR Technology at Work The Pathfinder Reconnaissance Drone
The disastrous fire in early 2020 that badly damaged Notre Dame Cathedral also demonstrated the power of LIDAR technology. […]
Creating Zero G on a Planet Weighed Down by Gravity
Thanks to weights, pulleys and other forms of ground support equipment, Northrop Grumman engineers can mimic the weightlessness of zero G. […]
The Backplane of NASA’s Webb Telescope Offers a Strong, Steady Hand
The backplane of James Webb Space Telescope will hold the weight of more than 5,300 pounds of optics and instruments — while staying calm in a cold environment. […]
Rising to the Occasion: Northrop Grumman and the Sentinel (GBSD) Program
The U.S. Air Force’s Sentinel Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) is the weapon system replacement for the aging LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM). Sentinel (GBSD) represents the modernization of the ground-based leg of the nuclear triad. […]
The Coolest Technology: Cryocoolers
Cryocoolers are machines that keep sensors extremely cold so that satellites and space telescopes can take pictures on long-term missions. Whether we’re looking back toward Earth or outward into deep space, the sensors that capture images require extremely low temperatures. […]
Putting Cockpits under Glass in Vertical Lift Military Aircraft
Northrop Grumman leads digital integrated avionics for military aircraft by upgrading the analog cockpit of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter with an all-digital glass version. […]
Hitting a Bullet with a Bullet: Counter-Hypersonic Systems
Maneuvering, high-speed, low-altitude hypersonic threats from near-peer adversaries are upending the conventional rules of ballistic missile defense. […]
MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight with Multi-Intelligence Upgrade
In late July 2021, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) celebrated a significant milestone in their 13-year partnership developing the MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance system with the successful first test flight of the newest configuration of the high-altitude, long-endurance autonomous aircraft. […]