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Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence was recently honored Northrop Grumman photograph by Alan Radecki
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of what they could, the largest aerospace manufacturing company in the Antelope Valley wanted
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and hopes that Palmdale, the Antelope Valley and other aerospace and manufacturing companies
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