May 202529
Northrop Grumman takes a stake in Firefly Aerospace
End-to-end responsive space company with launch, lunar, and on-orbit services; Northrop Grumman's partner in the Eclipse medium launch vehicle.
$50 millionClosed
Company
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace and defense technology company that sells products, services and solutions to U.S. and international customers, principally the U.S. Department of War. ↗
| Headquarters | Falls Church, VA ↗ |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Kathy J. Warden, Chair, CEO and President ↗ |
| Employees | 95,000 ↗ |
| Revenue | $42.0 billion (fiscal 2025) ↗ |
| Department of War obligations | $68.3 billion in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗ |
| Shares | NOC ↗ |
Products
- Northrop Grumman develops and produces the B-21 Raider, the U.S. Air Force's long-range strike aircraft. ↗
- Northrop Grumman builds Sentinel, the program to modernize the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile system. ↗
- Northrop Grumman builds the Integrated Battle Command System, an open architecture command and control system for the U.S. Army and Poland. ↗
- Northrop Grumman builds the E-130J Phoenix II, the Navy's nuclear command, control and communications aircraft for the TACAMO mission. ↗
- Northrop Grumman builds the MQ-4C Triton, a surveillance aircraft for the U.S. Navy and Australia. ↗
- Northrop Grumman builds the RQ-4 Global Hawk, a surveillance aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, Japan and the Republic of Korea. ↗
- Northrop Grumman makes the F-35's fire control radar and Distributed Aperture System. ↗
- Northrop Grumman builds the Cygnus spacecraft, which resupplies the International Space Station for NASA. ↗
Customers
- The U.S. Air Force buys the B-21 Raider from Northrop Grumman. ↗
- The U.S. Navy buys the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the E-130J Phoenix II from Northrop Grumman. ↗
- The U.S. Army and Poland use Northrop Grumman's IBCS. ↗
- Japan and France buy the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye from Northrop Grumman. ↗
- NASA buys Cygnus resupply flights from Northrop Grumman under Commercial Resupply Services contracts. ↗
Deals since 2020
Jan 202530
Northrop Grumman sells substantially all of Immersive Mission Solutions operating unit to Serco
Buyer: Serco
$327 millionClosed May 24, 2025
Jun 202302
Northrop Grumman sells Park Air Systems to Indra Sistemas
Buyer: Indra Sistemas
UndisclosedClosed Oct 3, 2023
Apr 2023
Commonwealth of Australia takes a stake in Northrop Grumman's 49% shareholding in CEA Technologies Pty
Seller: Northrop Grumman
$157 millionClosed Jul 2023
Dec 202007
Northrop Grumman sells Federal IT and mission support services business to Peraton
Buyer: Peraton
Cybersecurity, data analytics, cloud, mission-critical application development and advanced engineering for government customers
$3.4 billionClosed Jan 30, 2021
Other acquisitions
- Northrop acquired Grumman Corporation in 1994 and renamed the combined company Northrop Grumman Corporation. ↗
- Northrop Grumman acquired the defense and electronics businesses of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1996. ↗
- Northrop Grumman acquired Litton Industries in 2001. ↗
- Northrop Grumman acquired Newport News Shipbuilding in 2001. ↗
- Northrop Grumman acquired TRW Inc. in 2002. ↗
- Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK in 2018, adding satellites, launch vehicles and missile products. ↗
- Northrop Grumman spun off Huntington Ingalls Industries, its former shipbuilding business, in 2011. ↗
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