Northrop Grumman

  • Partner in Education Program: Northrop Grumman facilities engage in our local education communities as partners in education. Through these outreach programs, the company provides financial and educational resources to help meet the schools education needs. We seek to inspire young people to set goals and one day maybe even become a STEM professional.
  • Engineers Week: Northrop Grumman employees and sites across the company participate in Engineers Week (US –February) and Global Day of the Engineer (International – April). We partner with DiscoverE to provide STEM outreach in the US and around the world to help expose students to STEM and Engineering. Students in many of our local communities engage in hands-on activities and exposure to engineering through classroom visits, as well as site visits and tours. Recognizing our commitment to increasing exposure and opportunity for women in STEM, some Northrop Grumman sites also participate in National eWeek Girl Day.
  • Manufacturing Week: National Manufacturing Day is a nationwide effort led by the Department of Commerce, during which businesses across the country open their doors to exhibit manufacturing expertise and to address the skilled labor shortage in manufacturing and its significance to the U.S. economy. It is also a celebration of modern manufacturing that serves to inspire the next generation of manufacturers. Northrop Grumman engineers across the company celebrate the day by teaming up with local students through classroom tours and site visits.
  • Teachers Academy: Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy: The Academy focuses on stimulating student interest in engineering curriculum and careers by offering effective blended professional learning for teachers. NSTA and the Northrop Grumman Foundation believe that a passion for engineering can be ignited among teachers and students by engaging teachers in real-world engineering and technology, increasing their awareness of STEM career opportunities, and providing teachers aligned professional learning experiences and activities they can implement in their classrooms.
  • CyberPatriot: Building tomorrow’s cyber defense workforce is not only a critical national priority, but a global one. With a 1.5 million shortfall in cybersecurity professionals over the next five years, we are in desperate need of talent. As a hands-on STEM initiative, the National Youth Cyber Education Program called CyberPatriot inspires youth toward careers in cybersecurity or other technical disciplines critical to our nation’s future. The program answers a critical global need to build a diverse pipeline of qualified cyber defenders to address the growing threat from cyberspace. The program, conceived by the Air Force Association (AFA) and presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation, features the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school-aged youth, Cyber Camps and an Elementary School Education initiative. Now in its eighth season, the CyberPatriot competition is open to all high schools, middle schools, accredited home school programs, and youth organizations around the country such as JROTC units, scouting troops, Boys & Girls Clubs, and more

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