Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company, with headquarter in West Falls Church, Virginia United States.
Northrop Grumman currently leads the development of the B-21 Raider, a long-range, stealth strategic bomber that can drop conventional and nuclear weapons; it will replace Northrop’s own B-2 Spirit, the world’s only known stealth bomber. Among its other current projects are development and production of the James Webb Space Telescope, an orbiting observatory slated for launch in 2021.
Aerospace Systems, headquartered in Redondo Beach, California, produces aircraft, spacecraft, high-energy laser systems and microelectronics for the U.S. and other nations.
Products
- Northrop B-2 Spirit
- Boeing E-8C Joint STARS surveillance aircraft
- Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
- Northrop Grumman’s RQ-5 Hunter unmanned air vehicle
- Northrop Grumman-built aerial vehicles such as the BQM-74 Chukar
- Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton
- Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout
- Grumman C-2 Greyhound
- Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit 82-1068 Spirit of New York 393rd BS 509th BW USAF – Whiteman AFB, Missouri
Boeing E-8A Joint Star 86-0417 USAF
Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman RQ-4E Euro Hawk 99+01 German Air Force
Northrop Grumman RQ-8A Fire Scout FS 001 US Marines
Grumman C-2C Greyhound 162142 VX-20 (Air Test and Evaluation Squadron) US Navy
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000 163849 VX-20 (Air Test and Evaluation Squadron at Patuxent River) US Navy
Northrop Grumman provides major components and assemblies for different aircraft such as Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler and the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Photos Rob Vogelaar
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