由Ｎｏｒｔｈｒｏｐ公司制造的近３００种先进复合材料部件已经应用于美国空军和美国海军超音速飞机，作为３年空军海军Ｎｏｒｔｈｒｏｐ承载能力评估的一部分。在对先进材料的首次大规模长时间维修评估中，对热塑性和高温热固性复合材料在４８架ＵＳＡＦ和海军Ｆ－５Ｅ战 Nearly 300 advanced composite parts manufactured by Northrop have been used by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy supersonic aircraft as part of a three-year Air Force Naval  Northrop carrying capacity assessment. In the first large-scale, long-term maintenance assessment of advanced materials, thermoplastics and high temperature thermoset composites were tested in 48 USAF and Navy F-5E battles