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Title: Northrop Grumman "Space Systems"
Post by: edkyle99 on 09/19/2019 07:40 pm

Looks like this section will have to be renamed, again!
https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-announces-organization-and-leadership-changes-6775579

The news here is that Northrop Grumman is reshaping its corporate structure into four sectors, and one of them is going to be named "Space Systems".   Blake Larson, current corporate vice president and president of Innovation Systems will lead "Space Systems".  Clearly, Northrop Grumman plans to be in space.

 - Ed Kyle

Title: Re: Northrop Grumman "Space Systems"
Post by: tmoesser on 09/19/2019 08:20 pm

Quote from: edkyle99 on 09/19/2019 07:40 pm

Looks like this section will have to be renamed, again!
https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-announces-organization-and-leadership-changes-6775579

The news here is that Northrop Grumman is reshaping its corporate structure into four sectors, and one of them is going to be named "Space Systems".   Blake Larson, current corporate vice president and president of Innovation Systems will lead "Space Systems".  Clearly, Northrop Grumman plans to be in space.

 - Ed Kyle

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Title: Re: Northrop Grumman "Space Systems"
Post by: Newton_V on 09/19/2019 08:23 pm

Better than the old name: Aerospace Systems Sector

Title: Re: Northrop Grumman "Space Systems"
Post by: StarryKnight on 09/20/2019 03:18 pm

This is along the lines of how I thought NG was going to integrate OATK into the corporation when the OATK acquisition was first announced. They each had space related groups and structure groups pre-acquisition. But when the acquisition  closed, NG just kept OATK together as a new sector (NGIS).

This new alignment makes more sense - grouping the spacecraft & launcher groups into one sector, putting the OATK aerospace structures group into the same sector as NG's, moving the old ATK defense group into a sector more aligned with other NG defense specific work.

Title: Re: Northrop Grumman "Space Systems"
Post by: russianhalo117 on 09/20/2019 05:35 pm

Had to get other merger requirements and post merger commitments finished before they could consolidate fully. NGAS (ex TRW), NGIS (ex OATK) and Scaled Composites have now been merged into NGSS with Scaled Composites keeping its name and semi autonomy.

Title: Re: Northrop Grumman "Space Systems"
Post by: russianhalo117 on 09/20/2019 05:39 pm

Quote from: Newton_V on 09/19/2019 08:23 pm

Better than the old name: Aerospace Systems Sector

Aeronautics side of NGAS was retained and renamed into to Aeronautics Systems and space side of NGAS went to NGIS and became NGSS.