NASA expects Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft to leave the International Space Station Jan. 6 following the delivery of almost 8K pounds of crew supplies, commercial technology and scientific experiments.

Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has secured a $37.7M contract to provide spare parts for RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems to the government of Japan.

Northrop Grumman has worked with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the Smithsonian Institution to transfer the operations control center of the orbiting Chandra space telescope to a facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, from its previous location near Harvard University's campus in Cambridge.

The U.S. Navy plans to issue a request for proposals in January to help field a next-generation lightweight torpedo concept as part of the service's compact rapid attack weapon program, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.

Northrop Grumman's aerospace systems business has received a potential seven-year, $53.7M indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide component repair services for the U.S. Air Force's high-altitude remotely piloted aircraft.

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $250 million production contract by the U.S. Navy to deliver up to 103 GQM-163A “Coyote“ supersonic sea-skimming target (SSST) vehicles. Northrop Grumman's contract has a base value of $57 million that provides for 19 Coyote vehicles. “The Coyote is the only supersonic sea skimming target in production in the U.S.,“ said Rich Straka, vice president of launch vehicles at Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman has made an investment in Deepwave Digital and partnered with the company to advance research-and-development work on artificial intelligence to enhance communications processing capability.

Northrop Grumman has delivered a spacecraft bus to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in support of the Arachne program aimed at demonstrating power-beaming systems in low-Earth orbit by 2024.

Northrop Grumman has received a $73.2M delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to incorporate new capabilities into a remote visual assessment tool in support of the Minuteman III missile's production and deployment.

Northrop Grumman has shipped the latest version of an avionics suite with digital cockpit features to support the U.S. Army's fleet of UH-60V Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters, Inside Defense reported Wednesday.

Scott Stapp, former vice president of resiliency and rapid prototyping within Northrop Grumman's space systems sector, has been promoted to chief technology officer. Stapp will report to Kathy Warden, chairman, CEO and president of Northrop and five-time Wash100 Award recipient.

Northrop Grumman has completed the initial preliminary design review (PDR) for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the company reported on Wednesday. The module will support NASA“™s Lunar Gateway by working as a crew habitat and docking hub for vehicles. “Maturing HALO through its preliminary design marks a major milestone in the module“™s production,“ said Steve Krein, vice president of civil and commercial satellites at Northrop Grumman.