Life at Northrop Grumman Stories

We bring our curiosity and drive to do what’s never been done.

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Read more about our team, their professional accomplishments, personal passions and victories.

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From Utah to the Moon

Discover How Solid Rocket Boosters Help Launch Humanity’s Next Giant Leap

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From Sails to Solar Arrays

See how passion and engineering sail together at Northrop Grumman

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Digital Divers

Bringing History to Life Through Advanced Scanning Technology

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Three Generations, One Mission

The Debreceni family's pride in building propulsion tanks have powered missions across the solar system.

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Bringing Our People Home

How Northrop Grumman Empowers Veterans to Thrive and Connect Worldwide.

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Read About the Future

Accelerating Tomorrow

Advancing Solid Rocket and Hypersonic Propulsion to Shape the Future of Flight.

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Read About the Fab Center

Magic Craftsmen

How Northrop Grumman's Lake Charles Fab Center drives innovation and supports defense programs.

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Missing in Action

Northrop Grumman aids a family in uncovering the mystery behind a F-5C Tiger Jet crash in Vietnam.

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Read About ASTAR

Breaking Silos

ASTAR is transforming Northrop Grumman's engineer training on the production floor.

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Connecting the Cosmos

Explore Adam Jones’ Journey from Aspiring Astronaut to GNC Engineer

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Hearing the Roar

Explore Mike's journey from childhood dreams to engineering leader at Rocket Center

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Get Ready With Me

Every day, microelectronics employees don the bunny suit before they enter the cleanroom.

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Air Superiority

A fighter pilot's perspective.

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Where Innovators Thrive

Highlighting the Visionaries Behind Groundbreaking Patents and Transformative Technologies

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Insights Into Innovation

Kelsie O'Brien delivers mission-ready solutions for today's complex global challenges.

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From Chalkboards to Labs

Niko always had a passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and mentoring those around him.

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All In

Sharif Faruque's journey from immigrant to dual-career professional.

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Architecting Your Own Future

One Northrop Grumman employee is crafting roadmaps to navigate tomorrow's challenges.

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Clearing the Skies

How Advanced Research is Paving the Way to Contrail-Free Skies

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Above the Clouds

From a young age, Lucas Kadar was drawn to aerospace.

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Thrusters All Go

HIVE is revolutionizing NGP with mixed reality and cutting-edge techniques.

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Creating Cygnus

Cassandra Rodriguera grew up on aerospace, and now she helps deliver cargo 250 miles above Earth.

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Shooting for the Stars

From an early age, Therese Dela Rose dreamed of becoming an astronaut.

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Defying Gravity

How resilience, mentorship and determination are propelling Ron McIntosh's future.

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You Have to See It to Believe It

Ja’Vell Carter seemed to naturally attract angels, strangers whose acts of kindness set him on a better path.

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Mission Success in a Different Terrain

In the Sierra Nevada mountains, Heather Ordoñez found herself in a race against time.

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Launching the Future

Mentor team tests solid rocket motors to propel development and production.

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Intern to Innovator

When Daniel started as an intern, he didn’t expect to work on one of the most complex challenges facing his team.

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Powering the Future through Mentorship

When it comes to building the future of national defense, no one does it alone.

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From Mops to Micro

“This is where I want to be,” Paul says as he joins his engineering colleagues, down the hall from the janitor’s closet which once held the keys to his success.

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Hooked on Aerospace

Adam Shepherd was inspired at just five years old to pursue his passion that led to forging innovative technologies.

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More About COOLR

Sustaining and Advancing Military Satellite Communications

Early career engineers sustain COOLR program while bringing in fresh perspectives.

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Read About Digital Pathfinder

Ten Things: Digital Pathfinder's Efficiencies

Ten ways Digital Pathfinder is transforming aerospace innovation.

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Riding Low, Aiming High

Xavier De La O, a master technician, brings precision to both satellite manufacturing and lowrider customization.

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The Power of Perseverance

Elena Balasa recalls doing homework by the flicker of a wax candle, the only light in her family's tiny Romanian apartment.

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Jamming in the Desert

Northrop Grumman engineers took navigation tech to the extreme at the White Sands Missile Range.

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Welding to the Moon and Back

Kody Chaney, lead welder on the HALO program, brings precision and passion to systems destined for lunar orbit.

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Forever Families

Northrop Grumman employees are creating forever families and finding support in their workplace.

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Cracking the Code

Makya hacked her way to history, winning the Defense Department's Cyber Shield hacking competition.

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A Mission with Meaning

A U.S. Army veteran turned Northrop Grumman leader, Gabe works to deliver life-saving technologies to protect those in the field.

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Go, Win, Fight!

Kev Hays, a program manager, Navy veteran and cheerleading coach, brings his passion for empowering teams from the mat to the workplace.

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By the Numbers

Northrop Grumman’s hydrotesting team ensures the durability of solid rocket motors which power missions to the moon and beyond.

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Engineering Happiness

Morgan Freeman was a junior in high school when she was part of Northrop Grumman’s High School Improvement Program.

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The Tale of AI, Alligators, and a Shark

Jessica Ascough is creating a full-scale team of land, air and sea autonomous vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence.

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Inflate Before Flight

Imagine the thrill of soaring above the Earth in a hot air balloon seeing the world unfold below.

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From Classroom to Radiation Lab

Radiation Test Engineer Taylor Fry is the only former astronomy adjunct professor in Northrop Grumman’s Radiation Test Operations Lab.

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Switchboards in the Sky

Director Diane Legler ends her welcome speech to interns and college hires on her military satellite communications team with a bit of humor.

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Prickly Progress

The prickly cactus plant sparked an idea to fine-tune high-tech avionics for one of the most advanced aircraft in the sky.

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Polar Partners

Hear from the team making this mission possible. The mission is a team effort, bringing together employees from across the company.

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Changing the Battlefield

Northrop Grumman was in search of someone with Michael’s military background to support its Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS).

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Never Lose Hope

Finding a career can be challenging, but ultimately the path leads to the right thing.

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In the Right Orbit

Three early-career engineers are carrying the torch of a decades-long program.

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Building Rocket Brains

For over two decades, Chet has supported the development of Northrop Grumman’s GQM 163-A “Coyote” supersonic sea skimming target vehicles.

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In His DNA

While on active duty in 2006, Cmdr. Chris Richard flew the last F-14 Tomcat back to Northrop Grumman.

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Carving Out Space on the Mountain

Systems Engineer Cathy Berrouët did as the locals do when she moved to Colorado: she took up skiing.  

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Got Bots

Matt builds full-size robots. He uses them to inspire kids about STEM, an often, they inspire him right back.

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Threads for a Cause

“Fashion icon” was not in Rolling Meadows Facilities Team's job description.

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Material Transformation

Northrop Grumman Pathways Engineer Ethan Hoben describes himself as a habitual project collector.

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A Bright Thread

Victoria shares of her story of living on the Autism Spectrum and finding a place to thrive at Northrop Grumman.

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Hometown Influencers, Hollywood Storyline

For Systems Engineering Manager LaDawn Randall, it was the women from her hometown of Hampton Roads, Virginia, who opened her eyes to what her future could be.

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Palmdale Problem Solvers

The F-35 Integrated Assembly Line in Palmdale, California, must run efficiently, with safety and quality top-of-mind.

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Homeward Bound

Evelyn Sobierajska’s career journey ultimately led her home.

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Safety Through the Storm

Northrop Grumman Safety Systems Fellow Daniel Plawecki not only knows the right answer — he created it.

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Reality Shift

Systems Engineer Rebecca Peterson wants to bring a new reality to employees across Northrop Grumman.

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Countering Cyber Threats

Elysia is a cyber intelligence analyst and night shift supervisor.

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Finding Stability

As a kid, I dreamed of becoming an FBI agent.

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Well Played

Kayla's love of gaming started in childhood, and it continues today.

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Testing the Limits

To the untrained eye, the hypersonics test bay in Ronkonkoma, New York, looks like a maze.

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Joining the Fight

Scott founded a nonprofit to support those undergoing chemotherapy, like his sister.

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Innovation on All Fronts

Ken Friend served his country in the U.S. Army for 24 years.

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The Case of the Missing Key

When CJ inherited his grandfather’s footlocker, he got a dose of mystery.

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A Riveting History

Grumman War Production hired its first female employee in 1942.

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Blackboard to Blueprint

Traci said Northrop Grumman's inclusive culture empowered her to share her authentic self.

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50 Years at the Rocket Ranch

Boyd Udy manages Northrop Grumman's Promontory Ranch in Utah.

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A Day to Remember

Pat Cary makes it her mission to give veterans a one-of-a-kind experience.

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Data in Bloom

Mark Taylor builds interactive dashboards that blend art and information.

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Through the Looking Glass

Rosibel Diaz grew up loving puzzles, but never imagined that would lead to bonding mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb).

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Zooming In

Engineer Kate Nabours and her colleagues uncover mission-critical details that are imperceptible to most people.

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Finding Rainbows in the Fire

As a welder, Thomas has a hard job, literally: he welds iridium, the second-densest material on Earth.

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Keeping the Spirit Alive

For Diego Silva Molina, the path to Northrop Grumman was paved by a passion for aerospace and a connection to Jack Northrop.

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Walking the Kokoda Trail

Walking 59.6 miles in the jungle of Papua New Guinea was the challenge of a lifetime for Ben Luke.

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Parallel Pathways

There’s no doubt about the direction Alisa Joseph and Eboni Fotang prefer to take: it’s always forward, together.

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Making a Splash

Visit any marina and you may spot an ornately carved wooden serpent gliding across the water.