Northrop Grumman’s Astro Aerospace Delivers James Webb Space Telescope Deployable Tower Assembly

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. – April 14, 2015 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) reached another major milestone for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope this week, with the delivery of the Deployable Tower Assembly (DTA). Following successful ambient and thermal vacuum testing, the DTA was delivered to Northrop Grumman’s Space Park facility, where the Webb Telescope is being assembled. The graphite DTA was designed, built and tested by Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman company.

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