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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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