Northrop Grumman Corporation reports news as a global aerospace and defense technology company serving U.S. and allied national security programs. Company updates commonly cover operating results, earnings webcasts, backlog and awards, and defense program activity across aeronautics, missile systems, mission electronics and space systems.
Recurring releases also address major platforms and programs such as the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, along with manufacturing capacity, supply chain readiness, board composition and investor-conference communications.
Northrop Grumman (NOC) presented FORTITUDE, a gallium nitride chip designed for electronic systems in commercial and defense markets. Built in the U.S., the technology was previously known as the Super Lattice Castellated Field Effect Transistor. The company says the chip can replace dozens of components, reduce weight and power consumption, and support applications including satellites, radar and GPS.
Northrop Grumman (NOC) will release its third quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, before the market opens. The earnings announcement and presentation will be available on the company’s investor relations website. The company will also host a live, audio-only earnings call webcast at 9:30 a.m. ET that day, accessible via the same site, with a replay available for a limited time after the call.
Northrop Grumman (NOC) and the U.S. Air Force have fully assembled an inert Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile in its operational vertical orientation, a major milestone toward a planned 2027 flight test.
The completed “safe stacking” at Vandenberg Space Force Base integrated all missile stages, propulsion elements, shroud and components into a single configuration, validating procedures for vertical assembly on the test pad. In parallel, the first flight test Critical Design Review confirmed design maturity and hardware testing against Air Force performance, safety and schedule requirements for the 2027 flight test. Conducted under the Pathfinder dry‑run exercise, these steps move Sentinel from design toward a tangible, fully integrated system expected to begin standing alert in operational silos in the early 2030s and remain viable through 2075.
Northrop Grumman (NOC) will participate in the 14th Annual Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference on Thursday, September 17. Chair, chief executive officer and president Kathy Warden is scheduled to present at 12:15 p.m. Eastern time, with the session webcast live via the company’s investor relations website.
SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman (NOC) completed what is described as the world's first reported test of a magnetic navigation (MagNav) system, SandboxAQ's AQNav, on an attritable platform, Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack Group 3 unmanned aircraft system.
The flight also marked the first reported pairing of a MagNav system with a visual navigation system on an attritable, one-way attack platform. AQNav delivered passive, GPS-independent positioning and can operate as a standalone or complementary navigation capability in GPS-denied or spoofed environments. The hardware-agnostic, software-first platform is designed for rapid integration on existing onboard computing, with engineers reporting installation on Lumberjack in less than an hour.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $2.47 per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on September 16, 2026, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 31, 2026. The company highlighted its ongoing disciplined capital allocation strategy focused on investing in manufacturing capabilities and capacity.
Resecurity, a U.S.-based cyber threat intelligence and digital risk management firm, has joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) as a member. The collaboration focuses on expanding information sharing, enhancing threat intelligence, and strengthening collective defense for critical space infrastructure.
According to Resecurity and Space ISAC, the partnership will support cyber resilience across the global space ecosystem through joint analysis, training, operational collaboration, and exchange of actionable threat intelligence. Resecurity contributes capabilities such as external attack surface monitoring, digital risk management, fraud prevention, dark web intelligence, and adversary infrastructure tracking to help protect terrestrial and space-based assets.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has entered two multi-year framework agreements totaling over $3 billion with the U.S. Department of War and Lockheed Martin to accelerate interceptor and munitions production.
A $2 billion agreement covers PAC-3 MSE solid rocket motors and ignition safety devices to meet rising global demand for integrated air and missile defense. A separate $1 billion, seven-year agreement supports significantly higher monthly deliveries of THAAD components and new rocket motors with greater range and speed.
According to Northrop Grumman, prior investments since 2021 are enabling doubled solid rocket motor capacity in Utah, nearly tripled capacity at Allegany Ballistics Lab in West Virginia by 2027, and a 25% increase at Elkton, Maryland. Since 2019, the company has invested over $2 billion in munitions-related technologies and facilities, including over $1 billion dedicated to solid rocket motor production.
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has broken ground on a new Legacy Building at its Roy Innovation Center in Roy, Utah, expanding support for the U.S. Air Force Sentinel ICBM and other aerospace and defense missions. The project increases the campus to six buildings and more than 1.1 million square feet of office space, with capacity for over 5,000 employees.
Construction starts this summer and is scheduled to finish by 2028. According to Northrop Grumman, the Sentinel expansion will create hundreds of new jobs and supports the program’s accelerated initial capability timeline in the early 2030s. The company directly employs over 11,000 Utahns, supports more than 46,000 jobs statewide, and generates over $12.4 billion for Utah’s economy. Over the past five years, it has invested $13.5 billion in infrastructure and R&D, including $2 billion in solid rocket motor capacity tied to Sentinel and broader strategic deterrence and space launch work.