Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has assembled a microwave instrument for the second Joint Polar Satellite System being built to support weather forecasting and climate monitoring efforts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company began testing JPSS-2's Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder to determine whether the technology can withstand environmental conditions during liftoff and in space, NASA said Thursday.

The U.S. Air Force plans to award Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC) aerospace systems sector a potential 10-year, $4.8B contract to extend support services for the military branch's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems.

Phyllis Schneck, a veteran cybersecurity leader, will assume the role of vice president and chief information security officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), starting Oct. 14.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential 13-year, $1.39B contract to produce and sustain next-generation navigation systems for the U.S. Air Force and foreign military sales customers. The company will provide follow-on production and sustainment services for the Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System Modernization program, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a six-year, $375.8M delivery order to provide maritime surveillance radars for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems.

Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC) innovation systems sector has won a potential eight-year, $1.12B contract to manufacture threat-representative subscale targets and re-entry vehicles for the Missile Defense Agency.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $141M task order to provide targeting pods for the U.S. Air Force.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will operate with four operating sectors starting January 2020 as part of efforts to better align its portfolio to meet clients' needs.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has formed an industry team that will support the development of an intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system for the U.S. Air Force.

Alliant Techsystems Operations, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has received a $109.9M contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture additional cockpit-programmable fuzes designed to help warfighters destroy buried targets.