Technology Highlights

As a leader in defense technologies, Northrop Grumman has developed core technologies for aircraft self-protection, precision strike, and situational awareness. Learn more about our history of innovation below.

researchCutting Edge Research

Expanding the frontiers of science to give warfighters systems they can depend on.

fiber optic gyroFiber Optic Gyroscopes

FOG navigation systems offer significantly smaller size, much lower weight, lower power consumption, vast improvement in life and reliability, all at the same or better level of accuracy.

apg-68 radarRadar

From the pioneering SCR-270 radar to today's powerful AESA systems, Northrop Grumman has a long history of innovation in radar and situational awareness.

scientific researchCarbon Nanotubes

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created the first fully-functional, all-carbon nanotube transistor radio.

Northrop logoNorthrop Grumman Heritage

The companies that became part of today's Northrop Grumman achieved historic accomplishments, from transporting Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic to carrying astronauts to the moon's surface and back.

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