Northrop Grumman Opens New Campus

Northrop Grumman opened a new two-building campus outside of the Redstone Arsenal on Thursday, April 06. This campus has a total footprint of 260,000-squarefeet of office space and will be home to over 1,000 Northrop Grumman employees in the Huntsville area.

“Our new lab enables us to deliver innovative solutions to our customers on rapid timelines, helping to protect and defend our nation and its allies against evolving threats,” said Scott Lehr, vice president and general manager, launch and missile defense systems for Northrop Grumman. “The enhancements to the facility will also optimize operating efficiencies and provide our team with a dynamic research and develop- ment work environment.”

Tom Wilson, Northrop Grumman Space Sector President, gave opening remarks that touched on the company’s history in North Alabama and how the new facility will be used by its

1,000 employees.

“I talked about our relationship with Marshall Space Flight Center on the Artemis program. Most notably, we're working with them on the solid Rocket Motor Booster for the SLS program. But most of our employees here are working on programs that are critical to national security. Northrop Grumman, our legacy companies have decades of experience here. We've been here since the 1950s, so we have a long heritage here and we're really proud to be expanding our footprint in the aerospace and defense hub of the South. We are surrounded here by industry partners who are dedicated to the same missions, and we're here working alongside of our customers who are committed to keep our nation safe and secure,” said Wilson.

Company officials were joined by guest speakers U.S. Congressman Dale Strong, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle, Madison

County Chairman Mac McCutcheon and Huntsville City Council President John Meredith. Also in attendance were senior military partners as well as education, civic and community organizations.

Huntsville’s newest congressman, Dale Strong, remarked about how the facility shows North Alabama and Northrop Grumman’s commitment.

“This facility highlights North Alabama's continued commitment to ensuring the safety of America. It also shows North Grumman's commitment to investing in this community. This day is not only significant to the city of Huntsville, but for the great state of Alabama as it continues to solidify what we all know.

“Alabama's the best place in the nation to do business for aerospace, aviation and defense industries,” Strong continued. “Alabama's fifth Congressional District is perfectly positioned to leverage our assets, an ideal location, a workforce that's second to none and an outstanding quality of life. I commend Mayor Battle and everyone else here today.”

The Northrop Grumman Redstone Gateway campus will include a hardware-in-the-loop integration lab that provides a robust and resilient cutting-edge capability to Northrop Grumman and its customers. This lab creates an endto-end environment for engineers to best utilize the DevSecOps methodologies to develop, test, mirror and qualify integrated systems across the Missile Defense engagement chain. w

In a bid to support local, sustainable energy, Huntsville Utilities will be acquire power from someone besides TVA for the first time ever.

On the morning of Wednesday, April 05, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. (TAI) announced a new project that will harness solar energy to power 70% of Huntsville’s Toyota manufacturing plant. The three entities have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) which will be used to build and support the 168-acre, $49 million solar project.

Located in the North Huntsville Industrial park, the 30-megawatt solar-generated plant will generate 62,000 megawatt hours annually