Northrop Grumman Corp. is a global security company which provides innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cybersecurity, command, control, communications and computers intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. It operates through four business segments: Aerospace, Electronic, Information and Technical Services.
The 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’s customers include government agencies and use these systems in many different mission areas, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, communications, battle management, strike operations, electronic warfare, missile defense, earth observation, space science and space exploration. The segment consists of four business areas: unmanned systems, military aircraft systems, space systems and advanced programs and technology. The Electronic Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, and supports solutions for sensing, understanding, anticipating, and controlling the environment for global military, civil, and commercial customers. Electronic Systems provides a variety of defense electronics and systems, airborne fire control radars, situational awareness systems, early warning systems, airspace management systems, navigation systems, communications systems, marine systems, space systems, and logistics services. This segment consists of five business areas: intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance systems, land & self protection systems, naval & marine systems, navigation systems and targeting systems. The Information Systems segment is a global provider of advanced solutions for the department of defense, national intelligence, federal civilian, state and local agencies, and international customers. This segment products and services are focused on the fields of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, air and missile defense, decision support systems, information technology and systems engineering and integration. The Technical Services segment is a provider of logistics, infrastructure, and sustainment support, while also providing a wide array of technical services, including training and simulation. This segment consists of three areas of business: defense and government services, training solutions, and integrated logistics and Modernization. Northrop Grumman was founded by Jack Northrop founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.“
“Northrop Grumman Heritage
This section of the Northrop Grumman Corporation Web site represents the successful integration of nearly 20 marquee companies into an enterprise that covers the entire battlespace spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The companies that became part of today’s Northrop Grumman achieved historic accomplishments, from transporting Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic to carrying astronauts to the moon’s surface and back.”
*Information from Forbes.com and Northropgrumman.com
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