Protest Northrup Grumman: End Weapons Sales to Israel!

Protest Northrup Grumman: End Weapons Sales to Israel!
Thursday, May 27th @ 3pm @ Northrup Grumman, 4700 Nathan Ln N, Plymouth, MN
Join us to protest Northrup Grumman’s role as a weapons manufacture here in MN which makes weapons which are being used by Israel in its military attacks on Gaza. In 2017, it was the fifth largest arms–producing and military services company in the world and the third largest government contractor in the United States. Northrop Grumman made $25.8 billion in total sales in 2017, of which 85 percent came from U.S. Government sales and 13 percent came from international customers and Foreign Military Sales. Northrop Grumman provides the Israeli military with the Longbow system for Apache AH64D helicopters. The Longbow system, a joint venture with Lockheed Martin, consists of the Longbow Hellfire missile (AGM-114L) and a fire-control radar (AN/APG-78). The company also produces key parts for the F-35, a fighter jet manufactured by Lockheed Martin that Israel acquired through the United States government’s Foreign Military Sales program. Northrop Grumman produces approximately 35% of the Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft, including its center fuselage, radar, avionics, electro-optics, navigation, communications and identification subsystems, and mission systems and mission-planning software. The company also manages pilot and maintainer training systems software as well as the team’s use, support, and maintenance of low-observable technologies. Northrop Grumman also makes the AN/APG-68(V)9 Multimode Fire Control Radar for the F-16.Northrop Grumman Italia provided the Israeli Air Force with its LISA-200 Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) for a fleet of M-346 advanced trainer aircrafts. The company manufactured and provided Israel with its Sa’ar 5 Eilat Class corvettes, which are missile ships used to enforce the siege of Gaza.
For more information about the role Northrup Grumman has in making weapons for Israel go here: https://investigate.afsc.org/company/northrop-grumman.
Protest is organized by American Muslims for Palestine, Anti-War Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace, and If Not Now.