A duo of Northrop Grumman engineers have invented a revolutionary way to forge connections between electricity and water and keep the power surging.
Swimming with the Sharks
Shark Tank is one of many opportunities available for Northrop Grumman employees to present innovative ideas to leaders. Acting as investors, company leaders ask about the innovation’s benefits, alternatives and timing, then determine if they will allocate funding.
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.
Forensic Science in Aerospace Engineering
Forensic science can help aerospace operations foil failure and improve mission outcomes. Here's how.
Defining Possible – Innovation and Advanced Technology
Northrop Grumman's pioneering vision, technology and people defining possible. Our teams explore burgeoning research areas and inventing revolutionary technology that will not only accomplish the mission at hand but also influence our world.
Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Innovation
Northrop Grumman uses additive manufacturing to evolve the aerospace industry.
Neuromorphic Cameras Provide a Vision of the Future
From enhanced battlefield protection systems to maintaining aerial drone delivery fleets, neuromorphic cameras hold promise for the future.
How the MIMIC Program Catalyzed Northrop Grumman Leadership in Space
The MIMIC program enabled Northrop Grumman's expertise in producing reliable, high-speed gallium arsenide (GaAs) chips used by critical defense systems and most cell phones today.
Chasing the Ionosphere
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, Jim Jones, a Northrop Grumman technical fellow based in Nebraska, had been modeling the ionosphere for a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, focused on producing a next-generation battlefield radio for U.S. service members who direct close air support for ground forces.
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.
Small Components, Big Impact
The microelectronics foundry at Northrop Grumman's our Space Park site in Redondo Beach, California, is unique: it’s focused exclusively on developing microchips that can withstand the harsh conditions of outer space.
Scouting for Disruptive Technologies
Northrop Grumman’s Disruptive Concepts and Technologies group continuously monitors new and disruptive ideas for insights on how to harness new tech and ideas for customers and their missions.
Incubating and Investing Bring Innovation to Life
Northrop Grumman partners with technology startups to integrate new solutions for aerospace programs.
Manufacturing the Very Lightweight Torpedo
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.