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*Coast Guard cutters

Revision as of 11:00, 14 July 2009

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a large, US-based technology and military company, one of the major Western defense contractors with over 120,000 employees.

It came from several mergers, in a general consolidation of the US military industry

Recently, in January 2009, it reorganized into five sectors:

  1. Aerospace Systems
  2. Electronic Systems
  3. Information Systems
  4. Shipbuilding
  5. Technical Services

Shipbuilding

It is the only US company that makes and refuels nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies that design and build nuclear-powered submarines.

Major programs include: