An electronic warfare system Northrop Grumman built for the F-16 aircraft surpassed benchmarks during a recent simulation test in the U.S. Air Force’s Laboratory Intelligence Validated Emulator. The LIVE testing process showcased the potential of the Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite to defend against radio frequency threats by putting simulated air defense radar pulses into […] More

Roshan Roeder, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, received her first Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. The industry-leading Wash100 Award honors executives in the government contracting sector who exemplify excellence in leadership and commitment to important government missions. Roeder was named to this year’s Wash100 for her […] More

Northrop Grumman has opened a two-building, launch and missile defense development campus in Huntsville, Alabama, to expand its research and development capability in support of defense, intelligence and government customers. The new Northrop Grumman Redstone Gateway will house more than a thousand employees working on space technologies for missile defense, the aerospace and defense company […] More

A Northrop Grumman-led industry team has secured the National Aeronautic Association’s Robert J. Collier Trophy in recognition of its work on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The company said Thursday it partnered with L3Harris Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Raytheon Technologies and NeXolve on the space deployable telescope, which launched in December 2021. Northrop led the design, […] More

Northrop Grumman will work with Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works arm, Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business, Long Wave and Crescent Systems as part of a team that will compete for a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the service’s fleet of E-6B Mercury aircraft. Henry Cyr, director of multidomain command and control capture programs […] More

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a large aerospace and defense company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. The company specializes in developing cutting-edge technology and security solutions for space, land, air, sea, and cyber domains. Northrop Grumman’s operations are enabled by agreements granted by different federal government agencies. Below are the top government contracts awarded to Northrop […] More

A partnership between Northrop Grumman and Shield AI has secured a rapid prototyping other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to build a prototype of an unmanned aircraft system designed for vertical take-off and landing. Northrop said Tuesday it has teamed up with the artificial intelligence-powered aircraft manufacturer to develop an open-architecture version of the […] More

Northrop Grumman conducted a flight test to demonstrate the capability of a radio terminal to provide multifunction communications support to the U.S. Air Force. The Northrop-built Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant terminal aboard the company’s flying test bed established connectivity with a ground station using advanced data links during the test flight, the defense […] More

Northrop Grumman will manufacture and supply its active electronically scanned array surveillance radar system to the U.S. Air Force for integration into its E-7 aircraft. The company said Monday it will begin production of the Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array sensor to provide the aircraft with long-range sensing, detection and identification features. MESA was designed to enable simultaneous […] More

Two satellites that Northrop Grumman built for satellite communications company SES launched Friday aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Northrop said Friday the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites are based on its GEOStar platform and are part of the efforts of SES to support the Federal […] More

Veteran finance executives Kimberly Ross and Mary Winston have joined the board of directors of Northrop Grumman. The company said Wednesday Ross currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of Cigna and Nestle. Ross worked as the chief financial officer of WeWork from May 2022 to November of the same year. She also […] More

Northrop Grumman has underscored its expertise in battle management, command and control to potentially support a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the E-6B Mercury aircraft fleet. The Navy is looking to leverage the E-XX TACAMO program to have a fleet of aircraft systems, which will take over E-6B Mercury’s airborne C2 and communication […] More