F-35 surges forward with record-breaking
weapons tests

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Lockheed Martin photograph by Darrin Russel

Maj. Douglas Rosenstock fires an AIM-120 missile from an F-35 during a recent weapons test surge at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. By the end of the surge the F-35 Integrated
Test Team released 30 weapons in 31 days, a first in flight test. For more, see Page 3.

       Get the Brand New                              Northrop receives DOD’s Cogswell award for
   AEROTECH NEWS APP                                  outstanding industrial security program
                                                         PALMDALE, Calif.—Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif.,                 customers and peers, both internally and externally to receive the
              AEROTECH NEWS                           facility received the prestigious James S. Cogswell Outstanding          Cogswell Award.”
                  AND REVIEW                          Industrial Security Achievement Award by the Defense Security
                                                      Service in an awards ceremony, Aug. 17.                                     In achieving the Cogswell Award, Shane March, security man-
Latest News • Veteran Resources • Military Discounts                                                                           ager, PAI CoE, Northrop Grumman, and the security team identified
                                                         More than 13,000 defense contractors were eligible and only 42        subject matter experts for various security assignments, assigned
         Search for Aerotech News                     received the Cogswell Award.                                             integrated process teams to identify activities that needed to be
                                                                                                                               streamlined, gathered data through customer feedback and conducted
                                                         To be considered for the Cogswell Award, a facility must have         interviews. The team also partnered with other company sites to
                                                      two consecutive superior industrial security review ratings. Northrop    better support the self-inspection process.
                                                      Grumman’s Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence re-
                                                      ceived three consecutive ratings of “Superior” in the last three years.     The DSS’s award criterion focuses on principles of industrial
                                                                                                                               security excellence. Factors include establishing and maintaining
                                                         “The Palmdale facility has an extraordinary security program that     a security program that exceeds basic National Industrial Security
                                                      represents Northrop Grumman’s values of performance and excel-           Program requirements and providing leadership to other cleared fa-
                                                      lence,” said “Andy Reynolds, vice president, global manufacturing
                                                      and Palmdale site manager, Northrop Grumman. “I am extremely                                                       See NORTHROP, Page 2
                                                      proud of our security team in working as a trusted partner to our

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