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NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
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segment consists of four business areas: Unmanned Systems; Military Aircraft Systems; Space Systems; and
Advanced Programs &Technology.
Unmanned Systems – designs, develops, manufactures, and integrates tactical and reconnaissance unmanned
systems. Key programs include the RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance system, Triton (formerly known as Broad
Area Maritime Surveillance or BAMS) aircraft system, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance, Fire Scout aircraft
systems, and aerial targets.
Military Aircraft Systems – designs, develops, manufactures, and integrates airborne C4ISR, electronic warfare
mission systems, long range strike and tactical aircraft systems. Key programs include E-2 Hawkeye, Joint
Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), and the newly developed Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence
Vehicle (LEMV), an optionally manned or unmanned lighter than air weapon system. Electronic warfare includes
the EA-18G Growler and EA-6B Prowler airborne electronic attack weapon systems. This business area designed,
developed and manufactured the B-2 Bomber and now provides sustainment and upgrade services for the B-2,
which is the nation's most advanced long range strike aircraft system. Tactical aircraft includes the design,
development, manufacture and integration of F/A-18 aft sections and F-35 center sections.
Space Systems – designs, develops, manufactures, and integrates spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors and
communications payloads in support of C4ISR. Key programs include the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST),
Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) payload and restricted programs.
Advanced Programs & Technology – creates advanced technologies and innovative concepts to satisfy existing and
emerging customer needs. This business area matures these technologies and concepts to create and capture new
programs that other Aerospace Systems business areas can execute. Key programs include the Navy Unmanned
Combat Air System (N-UCAS), restricted programs, and directed energy and advanced concepts programs for air,
land and space applications.
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Electronic Systems, headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland, is a leader in the design, development, manufacture, and
support of solutions for sensing, understanding, anticipating, and controlling the operating environment for our
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 power and propulsion systems, space systems, and
logistics services. The segment consists of four business areas: Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance &
Targeting Systems; Land & Self Protection Systems; Naval & Marine Systems; and Navigation Systems.
Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance & Targeting Systems – delivers products and services for space satellite
applications, airborne and ground based surveillance, multi-sensor processing, analysis, and dissemination for
combat units and national agencies, both domestic and international. These systems provide battle space awareness,
missile defense, command and control, combat avionics (fire control radars, multi-function apertures and pods), and
airborne electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) targeting systems. Key programs include airborne fire control radars such
as the F-16, B-1B, F-22 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), F-35 AESA; EO/IR systems such as the
Distributed Aperture Systems, and Litening; airborne surveillance radars such as the Multirole Electronically
Scanned Array, Airborne Early Warning & Control System, Multi-Function Active Sensor for Triton, Multi-Platform
Radar Technology Insertion Program; space systems such as the Space-Based Infrared System, Defense
Meteorological Satellite Program, Defense Support Program, and the Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit.
Land & Self Protection Systems – delivers products, systems, and services that support ground-based, helicopter and
fixed wing platforms (manned and unmanned) with sensor and protection systems. A major product line of this
business area consists of systems that perform threat detection and countermeasures that defeat infrared and radio
frequency (RF) guided missile and tracking systems. This business area also provides integrated electronic warfare
capability, communications and intelligence systems, unattended ground sensors, automatic test equipment,
advanced threat simulators, ground based surveillance radars, and laser/electro-optical systems including hand-held,
tripod-mounted, and ground or air vehicle mounted systems. Key programs include the Ground/Air Task Oriented
Radar, the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar, the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures, the
Common Infrared Countermeasures system, the Apache Fire Control Radar, and the Vehicle and Dismount
Exploitation Radar.
Naval & Marine Systems – delivers products and services to defense, civil, and commercial customers supporting
smart navigation, shipboard radar surveillance, ship control, machinery control, integrated combat management
systems for naval surface ships, high-resolution undersea sensors (for mine hunting, situational awareness, and other