Northrop Grumman Corporation

Baltimore area has high share of high-tech manufacturing jobs

2012-05-09 03:59:00

The molten metal pouring from the foundry at Danko Arlington Inc. in Baltimore harks back to the early industrial era. But across the street in one of the company's other buildings, workers operate an X-ray machine, a laser probe and a 3D printer that...

Northrop Grumman to lay off at Fort Meade, elsewhere

2012-02-17 12:47:00

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. warned state regulators Friday that it will be laying off 224 employees across the country, including dozens based at Fort Meade, after losing a contract to provide security for a government agency. But a...

Northrop Grumman to lay off 90 in Maryland

2012-01-17 15:31:09

Northrop Grumman Corp. will lay off 90 workers in Maryland as part of a nationwide cutback of 400 workers in the company's Electronic Systems sector, the company reported Tuesday. Plans to eliminate as many as 800 jobs nationwide were announced in...

Federal spending in Maryland declines

2011-09-27 16:53:11

Federal spending in Maryland dropped by nearly $1.4 billion last year — a setback for a state economy built largely on Washington dollars and a likely omen, analysts say, of further austerity to come. The pullback, which was revealed in census...

Ronald J. Schaefer

2011-10-14 08:55:00

Ronald J. Schaefer, a retired Northrop Grumman Corp. contracts manager and avid bicyclist, died Oct. 6 of prostate cancer at his Timonium home. He was 78. The son of a Glenn L. Martin Co. quality control manager and a homemaker, Mr. Schaefer was born...

Grumman layoffs a reflection on Md.'s business climate

2011-10-24 09:45:00

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s plan to cut 800 jobs from its Linthicum-based Electronics Systems division is just another example in a long line of business decisions resulting from the manifest anti-business sentiment in Annapolis. Northrop Grumman is the...

Northrop Grumman to cut 800 jobs, most in Md.

2011-10-20 17:54:00

Northrop Grumman Corp.'s plan to eliminate as many as 800 jobs — the second steep reduction for the Linthicum-based Electronic Systems division this year — could presage cutbacks by other federal contractors and further blows to the state's...

Engineer fined $5,000 in pro-slots sign theft

2011-09-06 17:19:00

An engineer suspected of removing more than 70 pro-slots signs before last year's slots referendum in Anne Arundel County was fined $5,000 Thursday by a judge and granted probation before judgment on a single conviction of theft. David Scott Corrigan,...

Turnover at the workplace is on the rise

2011-06-05 00:00:00

A year ago, Washington marketing associate Tara Miller felt lucky just to have a job in her field. So while she wanted to work in Baltimore — where she could be closer to her boyfriend — Miller stayed put at her job in D.C. But by March of...

Made (once again) in America

2011-02-27 00:00:00

When NovaSom Inc. was looking to produce its sleep apnea diagnostic kits, the Glen Burnie-based company didn't look to factories in Asia or Mexico. Instead, it found a manufacturer right off the Beltway in Woodlawn. NovaSom chose Zentech Manufacturing...

County braces for growth amid military change

2005-05-15 00:00:00

Anne Arundel County officials said the announcement of 5,300 jobs at Fort Meade fits their belief that the western portion of the county will be a center for population and business growth over the next 20 years. "It's reassuring to have this...

A thriving community steeped in history and art

2005-01-16 00:00:00

In the mid-1980s, Michael Lamason moved the Black Cherry Puppet Theater to two abandoned buildings he snatched up for $12,000 across the street from Hollins Market. His traveling performance company brought him into a growing artists' community. It's in a...

An MQ-8B Fire Scout, a helicopter drone developed by Northrop Grumman Corp., hovers over the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate McInerney in the Atlantic Ocean. The McInerney was preparing for a deployment to Latin America, where the Fire Scout was to be used against drug trafficking.

2012-04-10 19:50:00

A Northrop Grumman Corp.- made MQ-8B Fire Scout on a ship deck.

2012-04-10 09:08:00

Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Santa Clarita), right, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, shakes hands with Fred Stewart after speaking to employees at the Northrop plant in Palmdale on Monday.

2012-04-02 00:00:00