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Revision update April 2022
Aerospace Structures
Overview

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Northrop Grumman Today
Leading global security company
$36.8 billion sales in 2020
–86% U.S. / 14% International
$81 billion total backlog
(as of Dec. 31, 2020)
~97,000 employees
Leading capabilities in:
–Space
–Missiles
–Advanced Weapons
Focus on Growth and Performance
–Aeronautics
–Mission Systems
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Four Operating Sectors at a Glance
Mission Systems
Airborne Sensors and Networks
Artificial Intelligence/Machine
Learning
Cyber and Intelligence
Mission Solutions
Navigation, Targeting and
Survivability
Maritime/Land Systems and Sensors
Engineering & Sciences
Emerging Concepts Development
Multi-domain C2
Agile/DevSecOps Systems
Autonomous Systems
Aerospace Structures
Advanced Technologies and
Concepts
Aircraft Design, Integration and
Manufacturing
Long- range Strike
Multi-Domain Integration and
Operations
Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance
Battle Management
Aeronautics Systems
Defense Systems
Integrated Air & Missile Defense
Defensive Cyber and Information
Operations
Platform Modernization and Fleet
Operations Support
Advanced Weapons
Precision Munitions
Software Systems Modernization
and Sustainment
Training and Simulation
Propulsion Systems
Space Systems
Launch Vehicles
Propulsion Systems
Commercial Satellites
Military and Civil Space Systems
Science and National Security
Satellites
Human Space and Advanced
Systems
Space Components
Missile Defense
Space Exploration
Space ISR Systems
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Northrop Grumman Today
Approved forPublic ReleaseMarch 2021

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Northrop Grumman Organization
Kathy Warden
Chair, Chief Executive Officer
and President
Operations
Mark Caylor President, Mission Systems Tom Wilson President, Space Systems
Functions
Dave Perry Chief Global Business Officer
Sheila Cheston General Counsel
Mary Petryszyn President, Defense Systems
Dave Keffer
Chief Financial Officer
Lucy Ryan Chief Communications Officer
Ann Addison Chief Human Resources Officer Lesley Kalan Chief Strategy and Development Officer
Tom Jones President, Aeronautics Systems
Approved forPublic ReleaseFebruary 2022
Matt Bromberg Vice President, Global Operations

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Aerospace Structures

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Aerospace Structures Overview
World class manufacturer of composite structures for
commercial and military aircraft and launch vehicles
Leader in composite automation innovation
–Invented automated fiber placement process
–Developed world’s fastest fiber placement machine
–Invented automated stiffener forming machine
Approximately 1,722 Employees
Headquarters in Clearfield, UT
–Facilities in California, Massachusetts, Mississippi,
Ohio and Utah

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Aerospace Structures Products
Commercial Aircraft
•Fan Case and By-Pass Ducts
•Airframe Structures
•Composite Door Springs
•Fuselage Stringers & Frames
•Primary Stiffening Structures
Military Aircraft
•Wing Skins, Fixed Skins, Nacelles
•Edge Components
•Core Components
•Counter Balance Assembly
•Apertures/Radomes/Antennas
•Survivable Structures
•Low Observable Technology
Launch Structures
•4m and 5m Payload Fairings
•Thermal Shields
•Interstages
•Nosecones
Photo credit: Boeing

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Aerospace Structures Locations
Logan, Utah
~17 Employees
Rancho Bernardo, CA
~25 Employees
Clearfield, Utah ~1,241 Employees
•1.5 Million ft2
•Freeport Composite Center
•Aircraft Commercial
Iuka, Mississippi ~227 Employees
•320,000 ft
2
•20 ft. Diameter Autoclave
•Large Composite Launch Vehicle Structures
•Advance Fiber Placement and Hand Layup
Dayton, Ohio ~152 Employees
•175,000 ft2
•Radomes / Antennas
•Advanced Materials
•Cryogenic Component
Design and Fabrication
Hopkinton,
Massachusetts
~13 Employees
•RF Components and Testing
•Low Observable Technology
•Survivability Structures
•Advanced Fiber Placement
•Automated Manufacturing
Magna, Utah
~45 Employees

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Segments Execution and Growth
Functions & Shared Services
Margo Maw
Executive Assistant
Hollie Hill
Director
Industrial
Engineering/Lean
Esteen Bottlinger
Director
Engineering
Jason Burns
Director
Internal
Aero-structures
Segment
DeVor Taylor
Director
External Military,
Missiles & Launch
Segment
Bryan Loveless
Director
Safety and
Mission Excellence
Kathleen Paralusz
Corporate
Counsel Legal
Liz Newman
Director
Business
Development
Julie Valois
Director
Human Resources
Alan Smith
Director Business
Management
Bryan Warren
Manager
Communications
Tamara Humphrey
Vice President
Aerospace Structures
Andy Christensen Integration
Brian Mercier
Director
Operations
(ACS, HTS,
Iuka)
Simon Mason
Director
External Commercial
Aero-structures
Segment
Mike Henry
Director
Operations /SCM/
Security** (ACCE,
FCC, Dayton)
Effective: May 2022
(A) Acting
Aerospace Structures Organization
* IT is Solid Line Reporting to Mike Testa, MAS
** Security is Solid Line Reporting to Randy Taylor, MAS

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ASBU Product Segment Portfolio
•Fuselage Stringers and Frames
•Fan Case and By-Pass Ducts
•Airframe and Primary Stiffening
Structures
•Composite Door Springs
•Wing Skins, Fixed Skins, Nacelles
•Bull Nose and Blade Seals
•Straps and fairings
•Screens
•Apertures
•Electromagnetic materials •4m and 5m Payload Fairings
•Thermal Shields
•Rocket Motor Cases
•Center Stages
•Nosecones
•Composite Overwrapped Pressure
Vessels
EXTERNAL MILITARY, MISSILES & LAUNCH SEGMENT COMMERCIAL SEGMENT
•Large Assemblies
•Core Components
•Counter Balance Assembly
•Apertures, Radomes, Antennas
•Survivable Structures
•Low Observable Technology
INTERNAL MILITARY
SEGMENT

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Iuka Site
Floor Space: 320,000 ft
2
(29,729 m
2
)
(27% clean room)
Commercial Aircraft
Floor Space: 615,000 ft
2
(57,135 m
2
)
(17% clean room)
Dayton Site Floor Space: 175,000 ft
2
(16,258 m
2
)
(4% clean room)
ASD has 1,722 (unofficial) Employees and Over 2 Million ft2 (185,806 m2) of Manufacturing Capacity
CLEARFIELD, UTAH
Bldg. D-14
Bldg. C-14
Bldg. B-14
Freeport Composite Center Floor Space: 403,000 ft
2
(37,440 m
2
)
(12% clean room)
Advanced Composite Structures Floor Space: 120,000 ft
2
(11,148 m
2
)
(20% clean room by 2019)
DAYTON, OHIOIUKA, MISSISSIPPI OTHER SITES
Rancho Bernardo, CA
Logan. UT
Hopkinton, MA Advanced Composite Structures
Magna, UT
Floor Space: 90,000 ft
2
(8,361 m
2
) (28% clean room)
Aerospace Structures Facilities
Bldg. G- 12
ACCE

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KEY FEATURES
Anchor Programs: Airbus A350/A400M
and Roll-Royce
•Floor Space: 615,000 ft
2
(57,135 m
2
)
•Clean rooms 100,000 ft
2
(9,290 m
2
)
•Open Capacity of 90,000 ft
2
(8,361 m
2
)
•Automated Stiffener Forming Capacity
•Automated Linear Stringer Machines
•Automated Radial Frame Machines
•Engine Case Wrap Capacity
•CNC Milling Machine Capacity
•Large Diameter Autoclave Capacity
•NDI Systems -Automated Ultrasonic
Inspection (AUIS)
•Water Jet and Machining Capacity
•Hot Drape Forming
ASFM-Linear
Clean Room
ASFM-Radial
Clean Room
Engine Case Wrap
Clean Room
Machine and Trim
Non-destructive
Inspection
Shipping and
Receiving
Autoclave Cure
Area
Hot Drape Forming
90,000 ft
2
(8,361 m
2
) Open
Capacity
Aeronautics Composite Center Elevated (ACCE)
AERONAUTICS
COMPOSITE
CENTER
ELEVATED
Located in
Clearfield, Utah

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Section
11-12
Section
13-14
Section
16-18
Section
15
Frame
Stringer
Northrop Grumman Builds Stringers For These Sections
Northrop Grumman Builds Frames
For These Sections
Northrop Grumman’s Automated Stiffener
Forming (ASF) utilized to manufacture 40
km (25 miles) per month at a 12 rate
Northrop Grumman Developed and Patented Technology
Frame Stringer
•60% of all Frames
•100% of all Stringers
•684 parts per ship set
•More than 3,000 -900
tools; 1,930 -1000 tools
Sec 11- 12
Stelia
Sec 13- 14
Prem ium Aerotec
Sec 15
Spirit Aerosystems
& Airbus
Sec 16- 18
Prem ium Aerotec
& Airbus
Sec 15
Spirit Aerosystems
& Airbus
Sec 16- 18
Prem ium Aerotec
& Airbus
Airbus A350 XWB: Stringers and Frames

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787 Fuselage Frames
•150+ unique composite structures per 787- 9 and 787- 10 center and aft
fuselage
•Customers: Boeing and Alenia
•Customer satisfaction high –Exemplary technology transfer program
•Completed development & qualification ahead of schedule –Eleven
months from contract award to production- ready
•Meeting accelerated customer delivery schedule
•First in-service aircraft delivered to Air Canada on 31 August 2015
Other Boeing Programs Supported by Northrop Grumman
•767 Torsion Springs: Counterbalance for bay doors on Boeing 767
Passenger, Cargo and Tanker
•C-17 Counterbalance Assembly
•702: Composite tubes for Boeing Satellite program
Northrop Grumman Manufactures Frames
for Sections 44, 46 and 47
Boeing Programs

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Trent XWB 84K and 97K Composite Aft Fan Case
Utilizes Northrop Grumman Patented Forming Process
AFT Fan Cases for the Trent XWB Engine
•Trent Engine used on Airbus A350
•Fitted on both 84K an 97K thrust Engines
•Production Run estimate of 4,000 Cases
•Used as an Air Duct and
Mounting Hardware
•22” wide x 112” in diameter
Northrop Grumman Notables:
•Rolls-Royce Supplier
Excellence for 2011
•Rolls-Royce Aerospace
Supplier of the Year 2013
•Rolls-Royce COO Award for 2015
Manufactured with Northrop Grumman's Patented,
AutomatedWrap & Forming Process Technology
Rolls-Royce: Engine Component and Sub-assembly

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A400M
Airbus A400M Program
Product Description:
•122 T-Stringers per ship set
•61 I-beams that are machined into 122 Ts
•Manufacturing Process: Hot Drape Forming (HDF)
•Won work transfer in 2012
•Originally built in Stade – Germany
•Northrop Grumman customized solution for making HDF charges
Airbus A400M Wing
Cover “T” Stringers
Typical industry HDF equipmentA400M Upper and Lower
Wing Structures

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KEY FEATURES
Anchor Programs: Boeing 787 and
Lockheed Martin F-35
•Floor Space: 403,000 ft2 (37,440 m2)
•Clean room 48,100 ft2 (4,469 m2)
•6 Fiber Placement Machines
•3 Ovens
•5 CNC Milling Machines
•5 Autoclaves
•Automated Ultrasonic Inspection Systems (AUIS)
•ASFM R&D Machine
•Leica Measurement Systems
•Laser/Radar Measurement Systems
•Virtek Projection Systems
~32,000 ft
2
Expansion
2 New FPMs
1 New Autoclave
Monorail Paint &
Coatings Area
15’ Dia. and 10’ Dia.
Autoclaves
15’ Dia. Autoclave
Non-destructive
Inspection System
4 Fiber Placement
Machines
Freeport Composite Center
FREEPORT
COMPOSITES
CENTER
Located in
Clearfield, Utah

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Northrop Grumman Aerospace Structures
F-35 JSF Content Per Variant
F-35B STOVLF-35A CTOL F-35C CV
CV –16 Parts
Upper Wing Box Skin LH
Upper Wing Box Skin RH
Lower Wing Box Skin LH
Lower Wing Box Skin RH
Nacelle Skin LH FWD
Nacelle Skin LH AFT
Nacelle Skin RH FWD
Nacelle Skin RH AFT
Upper Access Cover LH
Upper Access Cover RH
Upper Access Covers CTR
Upper Fixed Skin AFT
Upper Fixed Skin FWD
Strap
Wing to Body Fairing LH
Wing to Body Fairing RH
CTOL –16 Parts
Upper Wing Box Skin LH
Upper Wing Box Skin RH
Lower Wing Box Skin LH
Lower Wing Box Skin RH
Nacelle Skin LH FWD
Nacelle Skin LH AFT
Nacelle Skin RH FWD
Nacelle Skin RH AFT
Upper Access Cover LH
Upper Access Cover RH
Upper Access Covers CTR
Upper Fixed Skin AFT
Upper Fixed Skin FWD
Strap
Wing to Body Fairing LH
Wing to Body Fairing RH
STOVL -12 Parts
Upper Wing Box Skin LH
Upper Wing Box Skin RH
Lower Wing Box Skin LH
Lower Wing Box Skin RH
Nacelle Skin LH FWD
Nacelle Skin LH AFT
Nacelle Skin RH FWD
Nacelle Skin RH AFT
Upper Access Cover LH
Upper Access Cover RH
Upper Access Cover CTR
Upper Fixed Skin AFT

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Strap in Production
Finished Wing Skin
High-speed Automated Fiber Placement Wing Skin
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Structures F-35 JSF Production Articles
Engine Nacelles Final Assembly
Fiber Placed Wing Skin
Finished
Seals
Fiber Placed Nacelle
Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF: Production Articles
ENGINE
NACELLES
FORWARD
PANELS
LOWER WING SKINS
WING TO BODY FAIRING
UPPER
WING BOX
SKINS
ACCESS
COVERS
FIXED
SKINS
STRAP
SEALS
AFT INLET DUCT
VERTICAL TAIL
SEALS
WEAPONS BAY DOORS
WEAPONS BAY DOORS

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OTHER COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Pivot ShaftBypass Screen
Horizontal Stabilizer
F-22 Raptor
Counterbalance Assembly
Weapons Bay Door
Inlet Duct
Radome Radome
F-22 STRUCTURES
V-22
Structures
Global Hawk
Wing
Advanced Composite Hardware

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APERTURES: ANTENNAS AND RADOMES
Horn ComparatorNotch Array Antenna
Link 16 AntennaLOCOMM Antenna
TacSat 2 CDL AESA
Rigid Structures
Flexible Structures
PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION
Vacuum Optical Bench
Rancho Bernardo Test Facility
Compact Range #2
Dayton Site
•Floor Space: 175,000 ft2 (16,258 m2)
•(4% clean room)
•Radomes
•Antennas
•Advanced Materials (Loaded Core Structure)
•Cryogenic Component Design and Fabrication
•RF Components and Testing
•Low Observable Technology
•Survivability Structures –B1 and B2
Dayton Site: Advanced Aperture Solutions

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IUKA SITE
Located in
Iuka, Mississippi
KEY FEATURES
Anchor Programs: ULA Atlas/Delta structures, Antares, OmegA
Floor space: 320,000 ft
2
(29,729 m
2
)
•Clean room: 85,600 ft
2
(7,953 m
2
)
•Open Capacity 150,000 ft
2
(13,935 m
2
)
•Fiber Placement and Hand Lay Up
•Autoclaves
•17.5 ft. Diameter x 50 ft. Length
•20 ft. Diameter x 83 ft. Length
•Machining Centers
•23m Belotti Machining Center
•5-axis CNC Water Jet
•3-axis Machining Center
•5-axis CNC Router
•Automated Ultrasonic Inspection (AUIS)
•Horizontal and Vertical
•13 Degrees of Freedom
•Modular: Wet, Dry and Radiographic NDI
•Dockable Gantry ATL and AFP
New Dockable Gantry ATL /
Fiber Placement System
Production Ready
Production Ready
23m Belotti
Machining Center
Fairings/Centerbody
Production Line
Fiber Placement
Machine
17.5 ft. Dia. & 20 ft. Dia.
Autoclaves
Large Structures

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SIGNIFICANT NORTHROP GRUMMAN HERITAGE OF LAUNCH STRUCTURES
•OmegA structures
•Antares: 6 structures per launch vehicle
•ULA: Over 460 Delta IV structures manufactured
•ULA: Over 200 Atlas V structures manufactured
•Multiple Ariane V ISS structures manufactured
•Over 40 Pegasus missions
•Lockheed Martin Orion Ogive Fairings
Delta IV Centerbody in NDI
Launch Structures
Delta IV AntaresAtlas V
Boattail
Centaur
Interstage
Adapter
Debris Shield
(Not Seen)
Heat Shield
(Not Seen)
Payload
Fairing
Heavy
Interstage
Nose Cones
Center
bodies
Payload Attach
Fitting /
Diaphragm
(Not Seen)
Thermal
Shields
(Not Seen)

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Delta IV Interstage4m Payload Attach Fitting
4m Payload Fairing -HLU
5m Payload Fairing -HLU
5m Interstage / Nose Cone
Delta IV Structures

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Aerospace Structures People
•Number of Employees (unofficial): approximately 1,722
•Locations:
•Clearfield, Utah
•Dayton, Ohio
•Hopkinton, Massachusetts
•20% Female; 80% Male
•Average Employee Age: 42
•Average Years of Service: 8
•Workforce
Employee Statistics
<1
20%
1-3
28%
3-5
5%
10+
33%
5-10
13%
11%
19%
12%
58%
Funct Support
Engrg & Science
Ops/Program
Management
Prod/Tech
18-30
25%
61+
7%
41-50
17%
51-60
26%
31-40
25%
•Iuka, Mississippi
•Logan, Utah
•Rancho Bernardo, California

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Northrop Grumman:
A Leader in Composite Automation Innovation
Northrop Grumman Contribution to Composite Automation
ASD Innovation and Automation Drives Our Competitive Advantage
Improved
Manufacturing Flow
•Reduced labor hours
•Higher through- put
•More effective use of
staff
Improved Repeatability
•Machine optimized performance
•Quality Improvement:
accuracy/repeatability
•Reduced product
scrap
Improved Cost
Performance
Why Automation?
1950’s–1970’s: Automated Filament Winding
1982: Invented Automated Fiber Placement
1950’s:
Allegany
Ballistics
Laboratory
Manufacturers
First Filament-
Wound Rocket
Motor
1971:
Introduces
S-glass/Epoxy
&
Kevlar/Epoxy
Materials
1978:
Introduced
Carbon/Epoxy
Materials in
Filament
Winding
1982:
Invented the
Fiber
Placement
Process
2002:
Developed
World’s
Fastest Fiber
Placement
Machine
2005:
Manufactured
Largest One-
piece Fiber
Placed Part on
Any Military
Aircraft
2007 –Future
Invented the
Automated
Stiffener
Forming
Machine
(8 Patents)
Automated Stiffener
Forming (ASF)
allows high rate
production of
uniquely designed
complex parts,
historically built by
hand layup
2003 –Future
Out of
Autoclave
Processing
Northrop Grumman
is advancing
Out-of-Autoclave
capability using its
Ultrasonic Tape
Lamination (UTL™)
and other in- situ
consolidation
technologies
2009 –Future
High Speed NDI
Northrop Grumman
developed high
speed automated
Non-Destructive
Inspection (NDI)
technology to
increase throughput,
detection fidelity and
data evaluation
2014
High Speed
Waterjet
Water jet robotics
holding fixture
means no
monuments and no
Machining Restraint
Fixture (MRF).
Water jet robot
bases saves 15- 30
minutes per part in
MRF alignment,
scanning and
removal
2015+
Advanced
Dockable
Automated
Manufacturing
System
(ADAMS)
Combines both ATL
and AFP in a single
work cell. Capable of
handling very large
parts. Technology
potential to change
how we make large
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AFP is the Industry Standard in Large Structure
Composite Manufacturing
•Commercial aircraft structures
•Aircraft engine components
•Launch structures
•Liquid propulsion and reusable launch vehicles
•Propulsion cases
•Armored vehicles
•Oil and energy industry structures
•Satellite structures
Northrop Grumman Leads the Industry with Fiber
Placement Machines
•5 Northrop Grumman design and built machines
•7 Fives machines (formerly MAG)
•2 NG/Fives co-developed machines
•1 Electro Impact
AFP For Complex Layups On Large Surfaces: Steer, Drop/Add Narrow Prepreg Tow
Electro Impact AFP
Machine at Northrop
Grumman
Northrop Grumman / Fives
AFP Machines
Northrop Grumman
AFP Machine
Northrop Grumman
AFP Machine
Automated Fiber Placement (AFP)
An Industry Standard

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yaw
joggles
roll
pitch
Northrop Grumman Innovation = Design Flexibility, Speed and Quality Improvement = Lower Cost
ASF: Stringer Production Machine Automated Engine Case Forming ASF: Frame Production Machine
Automated Stiffener Forming (ASF) allows high rate production of uniquely designed complex parts, historically
built by hand layup
•Uses woven fabric and/or unidirectional prepreg material forms
•Complex stringer geometries easily manufactured: pitch, yaw and roll
•Ramps, joggles and variable cross sections: Omega, C, Z, etc.
Automated Stiffener Forming (ASF) Process

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Advanced DockableAutomated
Manufacturing System (ADAMS)
•First of kind in industry
•Northrop Grumman plans to add end- effectors (EEs) to ADAMS for
flexibility and productivity of the work cell:
•Ability to change heads makes it affordable to add different EE
configurations: 1/8” Tow, 1/2” Tow, 3” tape, etc. increases optimization
for efficiency of part geometries
Part Layup Capacity: ~ 21’ W x 98’ L x 10’ V
End Effectors (EEs) under consideration include:
ADAMS set-up for up
to 8 docking stations
ATL Head In
Docking Stand
AFP Head
Empty AFP Head
Docking Stand
Dual head: ATL & AFP Head change <2 min
•Multiple tow width AFP Heads
•AFP heads of same Tow width
•Dual Phase ATL Head
•Automated Stiffener Forming Heads
•Ink Jet Marking Heads
•Adhesives and Coatings Application Heads
•Dry Preform Heads

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Northrop Grumman developed high speed automated Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) technology
to increase throughput, detection fidelity and data evaluation
Advanced Ultra-Sonic Systems
Northrop Grumman developed NDI technology:
•Multiple independently operated detection heads, coupled
with advanced signal processing software to greatly reduce scanning time
•Integrated ultrasonic phased array inspection technology in automated scanner with 3D
full contour following capabilities
•Up to 15 inch per second inspection speeds
•Dual probe machines have eliminated the need to change out probes during scan
CINSP-AUIS-1 11-Axis 24m UT Scanner
CINSP-AUIS-2 11-Axis 18m UT Scanner Radial Phased ArrayInspection of complex surface 3D Laser Displacement Sensor
Automated High Speed NDI

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Design and Analysis Expertise
•Design and analysis of composite structures for a broad range of launch vehicle
and aircraft applications
•Optimization of composite structures
•Design for manufacturing - close integration between product design and
process development
•Materials development
State-of-the-Art Tools
•FE Analysis: ABAQUS, MSC. NASTRAN, NX NASTRAN, ANSYS
•Pre/Post Processing: ABAQUS CAE/Viewer, MSC. Patran, Altair HyperMesh
and HyperView
•Structural Optimization: HyperSizer, Altair OptiStruct and HyperStudy
•Computational Fluid Dynamics: Fluent
•Solid Modeling and Drafting: Catia V5, NX
•Special Purpose Applications: Composite pressure vessel design and
analysis, damage simulation, CLT and micromechanics, fracture mechanics
and fatigue
Experienced in Design and Analysis of Advanced Composite Structures
Experienced in Design to Specification

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AS9100 accredited since 1997 –Revision D certified by Eagle Registrations,
Inc. in June 2018
NADCAPaccredited by PRI (Performance Review Institute)
•Composite Fabrication accredited since 2004
•Non Metallic Material Testing, accredited since 2012
•Non Destructive Testing system, accredited since 2006
Aerospace Structures Has All Standard Industry Certifications
Aerospace Industry Approvals

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Art of Possible with Northrop Grumman
Experience Innovation Engaged People
Commitment to Quality Driving DownCosts Increasing Capacity
Partner of Choice

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Liz Newman Northrop Grumman Aerospace Structures
[email protected]
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS SEGMENTS
Simon Mason Commercial
[email protected]
LEADERSHIP
Bryan Warren Northrop Grumman Aerospace Structures
[email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS
Tamara Humphrey Vice President
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Structures
[email protected]
Aerospace Structures
PO Box 160433, MS YA15
Clearfield, UT 84016- 0433
www.northropgrumman.com
Contacts
Jason Burns Internal Military
[email protected]
DeVor Taylor External Military, Missiles & Launch
[email protected]

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