Wearable devices help assemblers navigate complex work instructions.

More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman adopted production technology from the auto industry and unveiled an automated assembly line to mass-produce fuselages for the F-35 jet fighter.

Here’s a brief look at the diverse facilities that have received the Assembly Plant of the Year award.

GILBERT, AZ – Northrop Grumman Corp. begins an expansion of the satellite engineering and manufacturing operations in Arizona.

For decades, automotive engineers have looked to the aerospace industry for new ideas. Back in the 1930s and 1950s, Detroit was inspired by the sleek designs of innovative airplanes such as the Northrop Alpha and the Grumman F4F Wildcat.