MELBOURNE, Fla., Sept. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dignitaries
including Florida Gov.
Rick Scott and U.S. Sen.
Bill Nelson today participated in
the dedication of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Manned
Aircraft Design Center of Excellence in Melbourne.
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Scott kicked off the event, which also featured remarks by
Nelson and company officials. Representatives from other federal,
state, regional and local offices, and civic organizations also
attended.
Northrop Grumman announced the creation of several centers of
excellence around the country in March, for the purpose of
improving its strategic alignment with its customers' need for
increasingly innovative and affordable products, services and
solutions. The company employs more than 1,200 people in
Melbourne, and estimates growing
by an additional 1,000 employees over the next four years as a
result of the designation of the site as a center of
excellence.
"Innovation, collaboration and performance are hallmarks of
Northrop Grumman's commitment to meeting and exceeding our
customers' needs," said Tom Vice,
corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman
Aerospace Systems. "Today marks the next step in aligning our
talented workforce at this center of excellence to benefit our
customers, our company and this community."
The company recently broke ground on a new 200,000-square-foot
building at its current campus adjacent to the Melbourne International Airport. The new
building will accommodate program management and engineering teams,
as well as integration laboratories. The new building is scheduled
to be complete in the summer of 2014.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
SOURCE Northrop Grumman Corporation