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Scaled Composites conducts first Model 437 aircraft flight

Experimental aircraft concept leverages Scaled Composites’ rapid design, fabrication and testing and Northrop Grumman digital ecosystem focus.

DARPA dubs new hybrid-electric X-plane XRG-73

Scaled Composites, Cornerstone Research Group and others are supplying the uncrewed aircraft, which will mature a long-endurance aircraft design.

Janicki receives Northrop Grumman Supplier Excellence Award

Designer and builder of tools, parts, prototypes and assemblies earns recognition for supporting defense manufacturing and distribution goals.

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton achieves successful first flight in Australia

Multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft enhancing Australia’s maritime surveillance.

NASA selects five companies to develop Artemis lander

Selected companies will develop Artemis lander design concepts, evaluating their performance, design, construction standards, mission assurance requirements, interfaces, safety, crew health accommodations and medical capabilities.

NASA, Northrop Grumman finalize moon outpost living quarters contract

The habitation and logistics outpost (HALO), a critical components to the way station Gateway, will be assembled using a monolithic composite structure and aluminum honeycomb panels.

Northrop Grumman contributes key composite structures for ULA Delta IV rocket launch

Eleven composite structure such as composite thermal shields, interstage, payload, propellant tanks, produced via hand layup, machining and inspection techniques supported the successful launch.

NASA announces new James Webb Space Telescope target launch date

The observatory is expected to launch Oct. 31, 2021, a change resulting from technical challenges and the impact of the pandemic.

NASA rocket motors arrive at Kennedy Space Center for Artemis program

The rocket motors are the next step toward NASA’s Artemis I space launch in 2021.

Northrop Grumman awarded first crew module contract

The HALO module design is adapted from the Cygnus spacecraft designed by Northrop Grumman, and will serve as both crew habitat and docking hub for cislunar spacecraft.

Composites in the race to space

Advanced materials use in current and upcoming NASA missions.

NASA assembles James Webb Telescope

NASA has successfully connected the two halves — the Optical Telescope Element (OTE) and the Space Craft Element (SCE) — of the composites intensive James Webb Telescope for the first time, marking a major milestone for the program.

Composite container protects satellites — on the ground

Cored composites add the strength, smoothness and portability needed for a container built to ship satellites over air, land and water.

Orbital ATK supports Mars InSight mission

The company provided advanced hardware for both the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle and the InSight lander.

What will be the next major iteration in carbon fiber?

A consultant and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), Dale Brosius surveys the carbon fiber horizon for signs of what carbon fiber types will be pre-eminent.

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