TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 8, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has entered into a joint project with George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College that seeks to build on the future science, technology, engineering and math workforce in order to address current gaps, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 5, 2018 — A Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) spacecraft that was built to study Vesta and Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter has concluded its mission after 11 years of providing data and images to researchers, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Dawn …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 2, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is planning to join a rapid prototyping challenge to be hosted by the U.S. Cyber Command-backed DreamPort cyber facility early this month following its win in the previous event in September, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 5. The company said Oct. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 31, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue its work to develop a joint cybersecurity system for the military under a potential $54.6M contract from the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Defense Department said Friday Northrop Grumman Systems will also work to integrate, field and …

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a new report listing several defense programs under the “watchlist” of Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, said those include the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent competition, Overhead …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 29, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has named the Cygnus spacecraft that will launch Nov. 15 to bring scientific cargo to the International Space Station after the late NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy officer John Young, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. NASA said Friday the S.S. John Young, which will …

Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has said the company will begin in 2019 to consolidate into a single unit its system modernization and advanced defense services areas that operate under its technology services business. Warden, a three-time Wash100 recipient, told analysts Wednesday during the company’s earnings …

The U.S. Navy has awarded L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) separate contracts to test radio frequency jamming technologies and provide related technical data. L3 and Northrop will receive up to $35.8M and $35.2M in contract funds, respectively, to perform work on Increment 2 of the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a potential $164M firm-fixed-price contract to deliver Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems to support modernization efforts for the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The contract covers base hardware production services as well as hull, mechanical and electrical updates as part of the DDG-51 New Construction …

Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) mission systems business has landed a potential five-year, $697M contract to update system configuration sets of the EA-18G Growler aircraft for the U.S. Navy and Australia as a foreign military sales customer. The company will also augment airborne electronic attack and warfare systems, and apply the final …