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Northrop Grumman Corporation Description

Northrop Grumman Corporation provides systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical service areas to government and commercial customers worldwide. The company's Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircraft, unmanned systems, spacecraft, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and subsystems. This segment sells its products primarily to government agencies for use in various mission areas, including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; communications; battle management; strike operations; electronic warfare; earth observation; space science; and space exploration. Its Electronic Systems segment offers solutions for sensing, understanding, anticipating, and controlling operating environment to military, civil, and commercial customers. This segment's solutions comprise defense electronics and systems, airborne fire control radars, situational awareness systems, early warning systems, airspace management systems, navigation systems, communications systems, marine power and propulsion systems, space systems, and logistics services. The company's Information Systems segment offers advanced solutions for Department of Defense, national intelligence, federal civilian, state and local agencies, international allies, and commercial customers. This segment offers products and services focusing on areas, such as cybersecurity; command, control, communications, and computers intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; intelligence processing; air and missile defense; decision support systems; information technology; and systems engineering and integration. Its Technical Services segment provides logistics, modernization, and sustainment support; and other advanced technology and engineering services, including space, missile defense, nuclear security, training, and simulation. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

Sector: Industrials
Industry: Aerospace & Defense
Keywords: S&P 500 Aerospace Electronics Laser Engineering Services Logistics Services Cybersecurity Systems Engineering Communications Systems Department Of Defense Radar Spacecraft Defense Electronics Electronic Systems Navigation Systems Laser System Space Systems Propulsion Systems Manned Aircraft Aerospace Systems Northrop Grumman