Northrop Grumman officially opened its new Northrop Grumman Innovation Institute in Linthicum last week. The center will serve as the focal point for the sector's advanced technology development activities.
The five-story, 156,000 square foot leased office building is located on West Nursery Road in the West*Quest Technology Park where Northrop Grumman already maintains the headquarters for its Electronic Systems sector. The new facility is home to more than 450 current engineers, scientists and support personnel who had previously been housed in several nearby leased and company-owned buildings.
"From the ground up, this new facility � with its modular office concepts, and innovative program strategy and planning areas � was designed to help foster a collaborative employee work environment conducive to the timely development of innovative global defense electronics technologies," says James F. Pitts, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector, in a statement. "We're confident the end result of the corporation's investment in this new facility will be the generation of myriad exciting new technologies and solutions for our defense and commercial customers."
Designed to be energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly, the building has received the nationally-recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) certification. The new facility, which is situated on a 9.5 acre parcel on West Nursery Road, is owned by Columbia, Md.-based Corporate Office Properties Trust. Construction was managed by Manekin Construction LLC also of Columbia.
Source: Northrop Grumman
Writer: Walaika Haskins