December 14, 2009 — Participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony on December 11 for the new Northrop Grumman Innovation Institute at 1550 West Nursery Road in the West*Quest Technology Park are, from left: James E. DeGrange, Sr., Maryland State Senator; Pamela G. Beidle, Maryland State Delegate; Charles J. Brinkman, Sector Vice President and General Manager of Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Concepts & Technologies Division; James F. Pitts, Corporate Vice President and President of Northrop Grumman’s Linthicum, Md.-based Electronic Systems sector; John R. Leopold, Anne Arundel County Executive; and William E. Eikenberg, Director of Strategic Operations and Sector Capital for Northrop Grumman’s Electronic Systems sector.