Aeronautics

Northrop Grumman is delivering the advanced aircraft and connected, interoperable systems essential to the Joint Force and to enduring advantage across the battle space.

News Releases:

• Northrop Grumman’s B-2 Capabilities Enhance its Digital Communications
• Breaking Ground for F-35 Integrated Assembly Line in Germany
• Northrop Grumman to Design Autonomous Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft for DARPA
• Northrop Grumman’s New Airborne Navigation System Achieves Successful Flight Test
• Northrop Grumman Equipping More US Air Force Platforms with Infrared Countermeasure Systems

Key Programs:

F-35 Lightning II Global Hawk F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Triton Fire Scout E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

Northrop Grumman is an unmatched leader in connecting systems across domains to improve the capability of the joint force, regardless of the threat environment. Our command of air, land, sea, space and cyber mission environments underpins our insights of JADC2 and multi-domain operations. We’re connecting for the future, today.

News Releases:

• Northrop Grumman Equipping More US Air Force Platforms with Infrared Countermeasure Systems
• Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System Achieves Initial Operational Capability
• Northrop Grumman Rapidly Completes Critical Design Review for Tranche 1 Transport Layer
• Northrop Grumman Announces Industry Team to Compete for US Navy’s E-XX TACAMO Weapon System
• Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Platform Agnostic In-Flight Connectivity for US Air Force
• Northrop Grumman Selected to Enhance Networks for US Air Force

Key Programs:

IBCS BACN Protected SatCom Multifunction Sensors Connecting the Joint Force

Integrated Deterrence

Defining Possible through trusted, integrated, and digitally engineered capabilities that are producing the most modern, enduring strategic weapon systems that will keep our nation and allies safe for decades to come.

News Releases:

• 10 Facts About Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider
• Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force Introduce the B-21 Raider, the World’s First Sixth-Generation Aircraft
• Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Delivers Data Sharing and Cloud Firsts
• Northrop Grumman’s B-2 Capabilities Enhance its Digital Communications
• Northrop Grumman Test Fires Stage-One Solid Rocket Motor for Sentinel Missile
• Northrop Grumman Validates Sentinel Missile Design through Rigorous Wind Tunnel Testing Campaign

Articles:

• Leading Decades of Stealth Innovation

Key Programs:

 Sentinel B-2 Stealth Bomber B-21Raider

B-21: Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider, the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft, was unveiled on December 2, 2022 at the company’s site in Palmdale, California. Developed with the next generation of stealth technology, advanced networking capabilities and an open systems architecture, the B-21 will serve as the backbone of America’s bomber fleet. Driven by ingenuity and partnership, this aircraft will be capable of penetrating the toughest of defenses to deliver precision strikes anywhere in the world. The B-21 Raider is the future of deterrence.

Sentinel: The Sentinel ICBM program is a critical modernization of the nation’s ground-based leg of the strategic triad, replacing Minuteman III, which has been in service for over 50 years.  As prime contractor to the Air Force, Northrop Grumman is leading a nationwide team to produce a modern, integrated system that is designed to be adaptable to meet future threats and keep pace with emerging technologies. Our team is leading the way in leveraging digital engineering, agile software and open systems architecture to model and authenticate virtual designs to lower risk.  The cornerstone of our nation’s deterrence, Sentinel will support global stability by serving as a safe, secure, and credible deterrent to protect our nation and assure allies for decades to come.

Advanced Weapons

Intelligent, effective weapons, ready for today’s fight and beyond. We are a leading provider of weapons for the nation’s most difficult challenges. Designing revolutionary new capabilities to ensure the U.S. and our allies restore and sustain overmatch.
 

News Releases:

• Northrop Grumman Opens New Hypersonic Propulsion Systems Manufacturing Facility
• Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range Completes Fifth Consecutive Successful Test
• Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range Team Honored with William J. Perry Award
• Northrop Grumman’s Next-Generation Scramjet Delivers Hypersonic Propulsion that Weighs Less to Pack More Punch
• US Air Force Selects Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Northrop Grumman to Deliver First Hypersonic Air-Breathing Missile
  
• Modernizing the Precision Guidance Kit

Articles:

• New Factory to Launch New Era in Missile Production
• Hatchet: Arming Unmanned Aircraft to Strike as Well as See
• Specialized Team Sets Northrop Grumman Apart When it Comes to Integrated Fuze and Warhead Design
• Creating the Cutting Edge
• Propulsion Control Systems Keep Their Cool With New Aerospace Technology
• Strengthening Missile Defense through Suborbital Target Vehicles
• Ditching the Documents
• Guided Projectiles and Precision Weapons

Key Programs:

Advanced Weapons AARGM-ER/SiAW Hatchet Advanced Ammunition Hypersonics

Northrop Grumman is defining possible in space through innovative solutions that protect our nation and allies, and advance human discovery. We solve the toughest problems in space.

News Releases:

• Northrop Grumman Enhances Design of Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Satellites
• Northrop Grumman Rapidly Completes Critical Design Review for Tranche 1 Transport Layer
• Northrop Grumman On Track to Produce Early-Warning Missile Defense Program
• Northrop Grumman Advances the Frontier of Sensing Technology for Space Domain Awareness
• Northrop Grumman Selected to Build Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta Data Transport Satellites
• Northrop Grumman Completes First Next Generation Interceptor Solid Rocket Motor Booster Cases
• Northrop Grumman Achieves Key Milestone in Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission
• Northrop Grumman’s NG-19 Launch Marks 10 Years of International Space Station Cargo Resupply Missions

Articles:

• Bending the Laws of Physics to See the Farthest Reaches of Space
• Time Machine to the Cosmos
• A New Era in Astronomy
• Beyond Expectations

Key Programs:

Missile Defense MilSatCom Communications Satellites SpaceLogistics