Northrop Grumman
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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:
- Aerospace Systems
- Electronic Systems
- Information Systems
- Shipbuilding
- Technical Services
Aerospace Systems
Electronic Systems
Information Systems
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) Landing Platform Dock ship for amphibious warfare
- Coast Guard cutters
