Defence contractor Northrop Grumman to partner with Johns Hopkins University, BioHealth Innovation, and DreamIt Ventures on startups.

Defence giant Northrop Grumman has announced plans to partner with Johns Hopkins University and non-profit biotech research commercialisation firm BioHealth Innovation for a new business accelerator.

Joining the three is DreamIt Ventures. The venture firm has been expanding into providing accelerator support over the past year, most recently partnering with Drexel University, and currently operates accelerator programmes in Austin, Baltimore, New York, and Tel Aviv.

The accelerator will start in mid-January, with 10 selected startups joining a four month programme.…