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12 hrs ago | BusinessWeek

Under Cyberthreat: Defense Contractors

Northrop Grumman's info security chief addresses the "well-resourced, highly sophisticated" attacks against makers of high-tech weaponry Tim McKnight is well acquainted with threats to cybersecurity.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Telecom, Computers, Cisco Systems, Non-Profit

Thu Jul 09, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman's Second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Enters Next Phase of Flight Testing

Northrop Grumman Corporation's second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, known as Delta Two, has transitioned to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, in Maryland, as part of the carrier suitability phase of testing, in preparation for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Patuxent River, MD, US Military, US Navy

Wed Jul 08, 2009

The Register

Deal inked in US Navy 'R2-D2' raygun robo-turret plan

One of the most critical questions in the world of seagoing death-ray technology today - that is, who would be selected to develop swivelling "R2-D2" robotic laser blaster gun turrets for US Navy warships - has now been answered.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Tue Jul 07, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Names Winners of Fifth Annual Engineering Scholars Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced the recipients of the fifth-annual Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars program in the greater Rolling Meadows community, which awards two $10,000 college scholarships to local high school students who intend to study engineering.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Rolling Meadows, IL, Education Etc., Palatine, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, Standardized Testing, Education

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Canada.com

The U.S. Air Force, moving aggressively to beef up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, plans a "soup to nuts" review next week of how it tracks moving targets on the ground.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Sun Jul 05, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Three Northrop Grumman Space and ISR Systems Campuses Renew CMMI Level 3 Rating

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that its campuses in Boulder and Colorado Springs, Colo., and Azusa, Calif., have successfully sustained their Capability Maturity Model Integration ) Maturity Level 3 rating, as approved by the Software Engineering Institute .

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Colorado Springs Metro, Colorado Springs, CO, Strategic Defense Initiative

Sat Jul 04, 2009

LA Daily News

Lack of confidence weighs on stocks

FOLLOW THE MONEY: &#187 Web site promises to keep track of how stimulus is being spent &#187 Obama: New consumer agency to enforce financials &#187 Iraq's first oil auction a bust &#187 Oil prices tumble in volatile trading &#187 Price of gas drops for 9th straight day &#187 May's jobless rate up in all US metro areas &#187 Consumer confidence ...

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Business News

Fri Jul 03, 2009

GlobeNewswire

F-35 Radar's Electronic Protection Capabilities Validated During Northern Edge 2009 Exercise

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it successfully demonstrated key electronic protection capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II's AN/APG-81 radar during the recent Northern Edge 2009 joint military exercise.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, US Navy, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro

Thu Jul 02, 2009

GlobeNewswire

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Completes USS Carl Vinson Sea Trials

Northrop Grumman Corporation completed initial sea trials of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson yesterday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), US Military Prisons, Prison, US Military, US Navy, US News

LA Daily News

Northrop looks to more lunar missions

Redondo Beach. Northrop Grumman Corp. in Redondo Beach said it has shown rocket engine technology that may enable the return of American astronauts to the moon.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Redondo Beach, CA, Science / Technology, NASA, Business News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Dewey completes trials

Northrop Grumman is preparing to turn over to the Navy later this summer to newest guided missile destroyer.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Los Angeles Times

Jerry Huben's 68-year career in aviation comes in for a landing

When Jerry Huben began working for Northrop Aircraft Co. in 1941, the starting pay for a factory worker was 65 cents an hour and engineers armed with slide rules designed airplanes on a drafting board.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, El Segundo, CA, Hawthorne, CA, Glendale, CA

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Fox Charlotte

Nazi Stealth Jet Could Have Won War for

Meet the "wonder weapon" that could have won the war for Hitler. Called the Horten 229, the radical "flying wing" fighter-bomber looked and acted a lot like the U.S. Air Force's current B-2 a ' right down to the "stealth" radar-evading characteristics.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, El Segundo, CA

GlobeNewswire

Northrop Grumman Completes First Flight of Land-Based MQ-8B Fire Scout

A Northrop Grumman Corporation MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System , designated P7, has successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...

Lawmakers want new Northrop computer contract

State lawmakers grilled Virginia 's technology experts Monday, questioning the speed and quality of Northrop Grumman's $2.3 billion overhaul of the state's computer systems.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Space Ref

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Rocket Engine Technology That Could...

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, June 29, 2009 Source: Northrop Grumman Corporation - Comments Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated rocket engine technology that may enable the return of American astronauts to the moon.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, NASA

Military Officer

Northrop Grumman unit gets $276.3M Air Force deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. , the nation's second-largest defense contractor, received a $276.3 million Air Force deal for a communications network that will be used on military drones, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, US Military, US Air Force

WDBJ7

Some prescriptions halted in Virginia due to hacker

State officials say people with excruciating pain are unable to receive powerful painkilling drugs they need because of the response to a hacker's attack on the state prescription drug database.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Flight Journal

Famed Flying Wing Joins San Diego Air and Space Museum Collection

San Diego, CA - June 22, 2009 - National Geographic Channel and Northrop Grumman Corporation teamed up to build a Horten 229 flying wing replica for Hitler's Stealth Fighter , a new documentary premiering June 28, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. The top-secret Nazi stealth fighter was reconstructed to determine if Hitler's military had stealth capabilities three ...

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Related Topix: San Diego Metro, Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Enterprise

Northrop Grumman offers STEM support to St. Mary's schools

Northrop Grumman Corp. recently presented St. Mary's public schools with a $5,000 sponsorship for its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Education Etc., Patuxent River, MD, Hollywood, MD, Lexington Park, MD

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