Business Ventures
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems business ventures provide strategic products and services, and focused development in key technology areas. They are discretely managed to maintain operational freedom, creativity, ingenuity, low costs and rapid response.
Adaptive Optics Associates (AOA) designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of standard and custom electro-optic and opto-mechanical products. AOA has steadily expanded its engineering and manufacturing capabilities to provide its customers with the highest quality products, systems and services. AOA has delivered solutions to customers' most challenging requirements. With more than 30 years of experience as a systems integrator, AOA has the expertise and manufacturing capability to meet the most demanding production schedules.
Astro Aerospace - Space Deployable Structures. For over 40 years, Astro Aerospace has pioneered the technology of space deployable structures. Astro’s 100% mission success rate on hundreds of flight units and Astro’s continuing commitment to high quality will ensure reliable space deployable products for your program. Whether it’s a brand-new application of existing technology, or an application requiring new mechanisms and detailed engineering, Astro can meet your needs quickly, reliably, and affordably.
Cutting Edge Optronics is a leading provider of high power diode laser components, DPSS pump modules, and lasers. They are a vertically integrated manufacturer with EPI wafer processing, packaging, and laser design capabilities. CEO's diode laser based products are used in a wide variety of commercial and military applications.
Microelectronics Products and Services (MPS) is a leader in the design and fabrication of high-speed components for established and emerging commercial markets, including cellular and broadband wireless systems as well as aerospace, defense and scientific applications. MPS also offers foundry services that utilize advanced indium phosphide (InP) and gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductor manufacturing processes from Northrop Grumman Space Technology.
SYNOPTICS is the world leader in the manufacture of advanced crystals, solid-state laser materials and components, with expertise in Czochralski, Hydrothermal and Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) growth techniques. This is complemented with expert fabrication skills in all facets of crystal fabrication from growth, cutting, drilling, grinding, polishing, thin film deposition, and inspection.
Xinetics — the worldwide leader in "Precision Motion Under Intelligent Control" — develops and provides world class technologies in precision motion devices. Included are active optics such as deformable and hybrid mirrors, scalable to very large sizes, for applications in space, airborne uses and ground telescopes. Xinetics is also a leader in advanced wavefront control systems for real-time control of active optical systems, including advanced methods of wavefront sensing and correction.