Northrop Grumman in Elkton, Maryland

Northrop Grumman’s Propulsion Systems & Controls (PS&C) Operating Unit is on a 550-acre campus in Elkton, Maryland. PS&C is the premier advanced propulsion provider for hypersonic, missile defense and space systems, and strategic programs. Our facility began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, our facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion systems for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers, and is home to the Hypersonics Capability Center. PS&C’s Elkton plant is where the advanced propulsion manufacturing, development and testing for products such as high performance solid propellant boosters and controllable propulsion, hypersonic ramjet and scramjet propulsion, and electronic subsystems for thrust vectoring and attitude control systems occurs. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

• Elkton, Maryland – Designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion systems for a wide variety of Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial applications.
• Ronkonkoma, New York – Aerothermal research and test complex specializing in advanced development and validations of supersonic and hypersonic systems by providing a variety of test services at high enthalpy conditions.
• Palm Beach Gardens, Florida – Air-breathing propulsion center of excellence specializing in the design, analysis and system integration of ramjets, scramjets and other advanced air-breathing propulsion systems.