Northrop Grumman designated five centers of design and integration excellence in a reorganization of the Aerospace Systems sector’s manned aircraft, unmanned systems and electronic attack businesses. Current activities in Moss Point, Miss., and New Town, N.D., are not included in the transition. The Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence will be in Melbourne, Fla., and will include aircraft design work currently being done at the company’s Bethpage, N.Y., facility. The company’s Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence will be at the Rancho Bernardo facility in San Diego, Calif. Two programs will transition to that center: the MQ-4C Triton program from Bethpage and the NATO Airborne Ground Surveillance program from Melbourne. An Electronic Attack Center of Excellence will be in Bethpage. The company has also designed two Aircraft Integration Centers of Excellence, one in Palmdale, Calif., and the other in St. Augustine, Fla. Changes include closing the company’s Information Systems sector facility in Dominguez Hills, Calif. (Source: Northrop Grumman, 03/04/13)