Testing Services



Northrop Grumman's testing services and facilities support the full range of propulsion systems for internal programs and external customers.

Northrop Grumman's Capistrano Test Site, operational since 1963, is equipped for comprehensive testing of thrusters, rocket engines and complete propulsion systems. Sea-level and space-vacuum tests of rockets are performed over a wide range of thrust levels, operating pressures, and propellant combinations.

State-of-the-art electric propulsion, experimental and chemistry testing capabilities support a wide range of propulsion technology development activities.



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