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HEADQUARTERS: Los Angeles, California

AT A GLANCE: Northrop Grumman Corporation is the nation's second largest defense contractor. Northrop Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With approximately 120,000 employees and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers.

MISSION: More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman recognized that future global conflicts were unlikely to take the shape of past battles between traditional nation-states. Today, we've assembled the best-positioned portfolio of technologies and platforms in the defense industry. In doing so, we have carefully aligned our expertise to meet 21st century defense needs across the battle space spectrum: underwater, sea, land, air, space and cyberspace — and extending into homeland security. As a result, Northrop Grumman's future as a top-tier global defense industry company has never been brighter. We're a member of the Fortune 500, the Forbes 100, and one of Business Week's Top Performing 50 Large Companies in America. It's a place where every decision you make can have global impact.

STANDOUT PROJECTS:
The greatest endorsement of our strategy and our expanded capabilities has come through our growing portfolio of programs. These programs represent significant potential revenues for our company, and, more importantly, technological breakthroughs critical to our nation's security.

Highlights include:

  • F-35 fighter, the largest defense procurement in U.S. history
  • DD(X), the U.S. Navy's redesigned, 21st century fleet of warships
  • Deepwater, a far-reaching modernization program to revitalize the U.S. Coast Guard
  • Multiple programs in support of the U.S. intelligence community
  • CVN 21, the U.S. Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier
  • The Joint National Integration Center, the nation's premier defense war gaming center
  • Information technology support services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which will aid the center's public health, research, surveillance and intervention efforts
  • Land Information Warfare Activity, a U.S. Army program designed to protect the Army's information technology systems from attack
  • Trailblazer, a multi-company effort led by Science Applications International Corporation to help modernize the National Security Agency's signals intelligence capabilities
  • Global Hawk, our unmanned reconnaissance system
  • National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, a joint effort by the Departments of Commerce, Defense and NASA to build the nation's next-generation meteorological satellite system
  • James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, a NASA program which will contribute to astronomers' fundamental knowledge of space