MaxQ Media Coverage and Announcements

Media Coverage

MaxQ@Kirtland Ready to Market 70-Acre Project at Kirtland Air Force Base

April 28, 2024

As Northrop Grumman marks its first anniversary at Max Q, Thunderbird Kirtland Development LLC, is now focusing on attracting prospective tenants to a 70-acre mixed-use development at Kirtland Air Force Base. Read Full Article…

Kirtland Credit Union Plans New Branch at Albuquerque’s MaxQ Development

March 27, 2024

Kirtland Credit Union is preparing for some big growth over the next few years. Setting up a new branch at a large mixed-use development in South Albuquerque could be an early part of that planned expansion.    

Announcements

Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Group Moving to Albuquerque Tech Hub

April 18, 2023

Northrop Grumman is expanding its New Mexico operations by moving its space systems and cybersecurity operations workers into a new location – a technology hub being built at Kirtland Air Force Base. About 100 employees will move from its current offices near the Albuquerque International Sunport into Max Q, the name for the tech hub.…

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MaxQ @ Kirtland & Northrop Grumman Unveil New Facility

April 17, 2023

MaxQ at Kirtland, a new mixed-use development located on Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), held a ribbon cutting with Northrop Grumman on its first phase. MaxQ is designed to transform more than 70 acres of vacant land on the AFB into approximately 1 million square feet of office, laboratory and retail space. The site is…

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Northrop Grumman Unveils New Facility in Albuquerque

April 17, 2023

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) opened its new facility to support space systems engineering, integrated mission operations and cybersecurity services for Kirtland Air Force Base and other U.S. military customers. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Cyrus Dhalla, vice president and general manager, tactical space systems, Northrop Grumman, attended the event. Matt…

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Building unveiled at Kirtland Air Force Base’s Max Q area

April 17, 2023

A defense contractor is the first to set up shop at a new multi-use development at Kirtland Air Force Base. Northrop Grumman cut the ribbon Thursday on a new 27,000-square-foot building located at the Max Q site. The facility supports space systems, engineering, cybersecurity services, and integrated mission operations for Kirtland and its other military…

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Northrop Grumman unveils new Albuquerque facility, the first at Max Q development

April 17, 2023

Northrop Grumman on Thursday unveiled the company’s new Albuquerque facility — the first piece of a technology hub being built at Kirtland Air Force Base. The national aerospace and defense company plans to use the 27,000-square-foot facility for space systems and cybersecurity operations and employ around 100 people in Albuquerque, said Matt Verock, vice president…

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Northrop Grumman to be first tenant in Kirtland Air Force Base’s high tech development complex

April 17, 2023

Northrop Grumman became the first tenant to officially open shop at Albuquerque’s emerging MaxQ business center Thursday afternoon, reflecting a major advance in efforts to turn an empty lot on Kirtland Air Force Base into a bustling, high-tech development complex. Northrop Grumman held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 27,000-square-foot facility, where the company will…

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