- Headquarters
- Falls Church, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Systems integration(Systems & services)
- What that means
- Joins products into systems and delivers programmes: defence and aerospace primes, system integrators, EPC contractors.
- Founded
- 1939
- Staff
- 97,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- NYSE:NOC on Google Finance
- Website
- northropgrumman.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Energetic Materials
Falls Church, United StatesIn 10 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Energetic MaterialsVery high
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #1 of 50
Largest US producer of solid rocket propellants and motors (ex-Orbital ATK) and a leading military energetics producer at Bacchus and Allegany Ballistics Laboratory.
Relevance: Largest US solid rocket propellant and motor producer
- Resilient Positioning & NavigationVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #2 of 50
Makes LN-series fibre-optic and ring-laser INS for aircraft, ships and submarines, and its German unit Northrop Grumman LITEF is a leading European inertial supplier.
Relevance: Major maker of military fibre-optic and ring-laser INS
- Radar & Radiofrequency SensingVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #3 of 50
Leading airborne AESA supplier: AN/APG-81 (F-35), AN/APG-83 SABR (F-16), MESA (E-7) and the AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR ground radar.
Relevance: Leading airborne AESA radar supplier
- Uncrewed & Collaborative SystemsVery high
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Manufacture · listed #3 of 50
Prime contractor for the RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-4C Triton and MQ-8 Fire Scout high-end uncrewed aircraft.
Relevance: Global Hawk, Triton prime for high-end uncrewed aircraft
- Directed Energy TechnologiesVery high
Energy Technologies · Design · listed #4 of 50
Pioneered megawatt-class chemical lasers and the Joint High Power Solid-State Laser, and supplies beam control, high-energy laser sources and the Navy's Laser Weapon System Demonstrator.
Relevance: Pioneer of megawatt and solid-state weapon lasers.
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #5 of 50
Leading US solid rocket motor producer and provider of the scramjet engine for the HACM programme, plus the advanced air-breathing propulsion behind its hypersonic work.
Relevance: Leading solid rocket motor and scramjet maker
Quantum Technologies · Integration · listed #3 of 50
Northrop Grumman developed the nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope and other atomic inertial sensors, and is among the top international patent applicants in quantum sensing.
Relevance: NMR gyroscope pioneer and major defence quantum sensing player
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #6 of 50
Makes GEOStar buses, SDA Tranche Transport and Tracking Layer satellites and Next-Gen OPIR Polar spacecraft, and pioneered commercial in-orbit servicing with its MEV life-extension vehicles.
Relevance: Major US satellite and SDA constellation builder
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #8 of 50
Supplies GEM solid rocket boosters for Vulcan and the SLS five-segment boosters, and builds the Minotaur, Pegasus and Antares launch vehicles.
Relevance: Major solid booster supplier for SLS and Vulcan
- Acoustic & Undersea SensingModerate
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #11 of 50
Makes the AN/AQS-24 towed mine-hunting sonar and undersea sensing payloads for US Navy mine countermeasures.
Relevance: Towed mine-hunting sonar and undersea sensors