Northrop Grumman

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:
 * USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), a large-deck, nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
 * Next-generation Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, featuring a new nuclear propulsion plant and technologies that revolutionize flight deck operations and greatly reduce manning levels
 * Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, designed for open ocean combat and for littoral operations including surveillance, anti-submarine warfare and special operations support
 * Burke-class destroyer,
 * Zumwalt-class destroyer, an experimental proof-of-concept class for which production has been capped,
 * San Antonio-class (LPD 17) amphibious transport dock ship for amphibious warfare
 * Coast Guard cutters