Technical Services - Spring 2008 - (Page 11)

systems suppOrt SS Technical Services NY Engineering Labs Keep New and Aging Aircraft Mission Ready Labs in Bethpage, N.Y., have some of the company’s most experienced yet little-known professionals. As part of the Systems Support Group, the labs offer combined capabilities in disciplines such as materials and process engineering, advanced technologies and quality control. The labs support nearly all company sectors, with a heavy emphasis on work with both new and aging structures (aircraft, ships, advanced structural components, and equipment). Commercial customers include the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Boeing, Vought and Sikorsky. Over the past several years, the labs performed extremely well on numerous A-10 test tasks, primarily in the areas of coupon fabrication and spectrum crack growth testing, structural component failure investigations and airframe teardown inspections, said Ken Grube, A-10 program engineering manager. “The work has consistently been on or ahead of schedule, within budget and always accomplished to the highest levels of technical excellence. In particular, the Air Force has gained high confidence in Northrop Grumman’s performance on successive teardown inspections as a result of the professional methods used and quality of results achieved.” Functional areas of lab support are: full-scale aircraft structure teardown analysis; comprehensive failure/forensic analysis; measurement standards engineering; field support of Northrop Grumman products worldwide; special process auditing (heat treatment, finishing, bonding, welding, nondestructive testing); environmental analysis; and waste/effluent analysis, among other core services. The labs boast international, national and state accreditations. TS W ith personnel ranging from metallurgists and chemists to nondestructive engineers, parts fabrication specialists and acoustic engineers, the TS Engineering Services (Calibration & Quality) 1 1 2 U.S. Air Force Capt. Kim Campbell, pilot of A-10 aircraft S/N 81-0987, visits Bethpage for a first-hand look at how her aircraft will be inspected by Northrop Grumman TS. The aircraft was battle-damaged in operations over Baghdad in 2004. 2 A-10 fuselage S/N 81-0987 arrives in Bethpage in November 2004 for teardown inspection as part of ongoing Aircraft Structural Integrity Program support provided by the Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems and Technical Services sectors. Northrop Grumman Technical Services 11

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Technical Services - Spring 2008 Contents President's Column New Business Wins Sierra Vista, Arizona Military Weapon Systems Support Operation Achieves ISO 9001:2000 FSS Supports Navy in Hot Spots Lake Charles Maintenance and Modification Center Tanker Win a "Game Changer" Warner Robins Regional Service Center NY Labs Keep Aircraft Mission Ready TS Team Helps People Reach the 'American Dream' NSTec Brings NNSA Green Construction Project on Time, Under Budget SGS Team Member Takes on New Challenges at Cape Canaveral; Fort Leavenworth Team Members Help Local Youth NSROC Helps Students Shoulder to Shoulder BCTB Program Wins Prestigious DoD Award TS Instructors Prepare Warfighters for Combat I'm In! TS Team Members Sharpen Skills Through Advanced Training and Career-Broadening Opportunities OpenLine; Fort Leavenworth Team Members Honored

Technical Services - Spring 2008

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