TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 18, 2019 — Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) innovation systems sector seeks to generate 175 new jobs in Cecil County, Md., in line with the expansion of its rocket engine manufacturing facility in Elkton, ExecutiveBiz reported March 5. The office of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said March …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential five-year, $273.1M contract from the U.S. Navy to produce tactical underwater launcher hardware for the common missile compartment to be installed on U.S. and U.K. submarines. The company will also provide technical, component and full-scale engineering services to support CMC development and …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will provide engineering and sustainment services for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems under a potential one-year, $89.5M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The company will provide field service representatives, test support staff and logistics personnel for the sustainment of Triton vehicles, operator training systems and mission …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) received a $322.5M engineering and manufacturing development contract for an extended-range configuration of a U.S. Navy missile system. The company’s innovation systems sector will design, test and integrate a new solid rocket motor technology for the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range, the Department …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $117.3M contract option to provide hardware for AN/APR-39 radar warning receiver and electronic warfare management systems to the U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and foreign military sales customers. The exercised option covers D(V)2 processors, antenna detectors, radar receivers, low band arrays, battery handle …

Northrop Grumman‘s (NYSE: NOC) innovation systems segment has received a $173.7M contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply M1156 kits designed to transform artillery projectiles into GPS-guided weapons. The service obligated the full amount at the time of award from its fiscal 2019 “other” procurement funds, the Department of …

Kris Lovejoy, former CEO of network security technology provider BluVector, has joined EY as global cybersecurity leader. She succeeds Paul van Kessel, who is due to retire in June, and will oversee EY’s cybersecurity operations and service offerings in her new position, the company said Wednesday. Lovejoy previously served as president of Acuity Solutions, the former Northrop …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 8, 2019 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has delivered to the U.S. Navy the first two units of an updated airborne technology platform that the company built to detect mines, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the AQS-24C mine-hunting system, which builds on the capabilities of the AQS-24B, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 5, 2019 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has pointed to progress in cost, operational and revenue synergy goals as it continues to integrate the Orbital ATK business it acquired in 2018, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. SpaceNews reported Thursday that Northrop CEO Kathy Warden told analysts in an earnings …

Consulting firm McAleese and Associates has released a report that provides an overview of the financial performance of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) during the fourth quarter and full year 2018. Northrop saw its 2018 sales jump 16 percent to $30B driven by sales growth at its innovation systems business and …