Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: NOC S&P 500 component
Industry	Aerospace, defense
Predecessors	Northrop Corporation Grumman Corporation
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Headquarters	West Falls Church, Virginia , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kathy J. Warden (President and CEO)
Revenue	US$41.03 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$4.370 billion (2024)
Net income	US$4.173 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$49.36 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$15.29 billion (2024)
Number of employees	c. 97,000 (2024)
Website	www.northropgrumman.com
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Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered in West Falls Church, Virginia, is an aerospace manufacturer active in the arms industry and the space industry. The company is the 5th largest of the top 100 contractors of the U.S. federal government; it receives over 2% of total spending by the federal government of the United States on contractors.^[2][3][4]

The company's Aeronautics Systems division (29% of 2024 revenues) develops the B-21 Raider strategic bomber that can drop conventional and thermonuclear weapons (forecasted to be ready for combat in 2029), the B-2 Spirit strategic bomber (which will be replaced by the B-21), fuselage production for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-18 Super Hornet, Grumman E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning and control, MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle, RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance aircraft, and the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force.^[1] The company's defense systems division (19% of 2024 revenues) designs the modernization of the intercontinental ballistic missile system including the LGM-35 Sentinel, the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, Vinnell training, and the M1156 precision guidance kit.^[1] The company's mission systems division (25% of 2024 revenues) creates military radar, sensors, and related products, including C4I radar systems for air defense, Airspace Management radar systems such as AWACS, Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program, night vision goggles, Airport Movement Area Safety System, and battlefield surveillance systems like the Airborne Reconnaissance Low (ARL). Tactical aircraft sensors include the AN/APG-68 radar, the AN/APG-80 Active electronically scanned array radar, and the AN/APG-83 AESA radar upgrade for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the AN/APG-77 AESA radar for the F-22 Raptor, and the AN/APG-81 AESA radar for the F-35 Lightning II, and the AN/AAQ-37 electro-optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35, and the APQ-164 Passive Electronically Scanned Array (PESA) radar for the B-1 Lancer.^[1] The company's space systems division (27% of 2024 revenues) develops Satcom communications satellites, Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellites, the Cygnus uncrewed spacecraft, motors for the NASA Space Launch System, logistics support for the Lunar Gateway, Graphite-Epoxy Motor solid rocket boosters, and satellites for the Norwegian Space Agency.^[1]

The company is ranked 110th on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.^[5] In 2024, 87% of the company's revenues came from the federal government of the United States, while 12% was from international sources.^[1]

Northrop Grumman and its industry partners have won the Collier Trophy nine times, including for the development and production of the James Webb Space Telescope, a space telescope launched in 2021.^[1]

The company was formed in 1994 through the merger of Northrop Corporation and Grumman Aerospace.