Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an American aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010, and the largest builder of naval vessels. Northrop Grumman employs over 122,000 people worldwide. Its 2007 annual revenue is reported at US$32 billion. Northrop Grumman ranks #61 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list of U.S. industrial companies. It is headquartered in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California.

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Campaign Finance

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  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
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  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's December 31, 2010 filing.
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  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $2,593,230
    Total Spent:
    $2,325,239
    Cash on Hand:
    $670,666
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers roughly through Q4 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.

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View all campaign finance data for Northrop Grumman Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$30,920,000 Spent
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Lobbying on Behalf of Northrop Grumman

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Regulations

Mentioned in 83 dockets; Submitted to 1 docket
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Northrop Grumman" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Earmarks

$34,660,000 Received
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Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill.

For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.

Top Earmarks

Fiscal Year Amount Description
2010 $9,600,000 Northrop Grumman: B-2 Advanced Tactical Data Link
2010 $6,800,000 Northrop Grumman: MQ-8B Fire Scout Army
2010 $4,500,000 Northrop Grumman: High Energy User System Test Facility- HELSTF/HELTD
2010 $2,960,000 Northrop Grumman: Composite Mast for CVNs
2010 $2,400,000 Northrop Grumman: AESA Technology Insertion Program
2010 $2,000,000 Northrop Grumman: LITENING 4th Generation Kit Upgrades
2010 $2,000,000 Northrop Grumman: SSBN(X) Systems Development
2010 $1,600,000 Northrop Grumman: Next Generation Shipboard Integrated Power-Fuel Efficiency and Advanced Capability Enhancer
2010 $1,600,000 Northrop Grumman: Hawaiian Range Complex
2010 $1,200,000 Northrop Grumman: Large Aircraft Podded Infrared Countermeasures Systems for Air Force Reserve KC-135
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Federal Spending

292 contracts
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2009 LRIP/FRP CONTRACT $189,667,241
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2010 RMP FRP OPTION 1 EXERCISE $180,436,304
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2009 GLOBAL HAWK LRIP LOT 8 PRODUCTION UCA $130,525,596
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2010 CY10 B-2 PERFORMANCE-BASED LOGISTICS (PBL) SUSTAINMENT $119,759,184
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2009 B-2 PERFORMANCE-BASED LOGISTICS SUSTAINMENT (PBL) $111,840,739
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2010 LOT 8 PRODUCTION UCA ADDITIONAL FUNDING OBLIGATION $105,715,190
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2010 GLOBAL HAWK LRIP LOT 8 PRODUCTION UCA ADDITIONAL FUNDING OBLIGATION $85,352,842
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2010 GLOBAL HAWK LRIP LOT 9 PAYLOADS AND SPARES PRODUCTION UCA MODIFICATION $82,318,446
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2010 GLOBAL HAWK 2008 INITIAL SPARES PART B $69,947,488
contract
 Northrop Grumman Corporation 2009 B-2 EHF SATCOM INCREMENT 2 CAD PHASE 1A $65,437,167
View all grant & loan data for Northrop Grumman View all contract data for Northrop Grumman Sources: USASpending.gov

Contractor Misconduct

6 Instances
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This information is collected by the Project On Government Oversight from press releases, court documents, news reports and other public records. It is not meant to be an exhaustive account of all instances of federal contractor misconduct.

More information on each instance, including primary source documents, is available on POGO's site by clicking on the instance description. More information on POGO's methodology is available here.

Misconduct Type Hired By Incident Year Disposition Penalty
Government Contract Fraud Defense - General NRO Satellite False Claims 2009 Settlement $325,000,000
Environment None Cleanup of Groundwater Contamination at San Gabriel Valley 2009 Settlement $31,555,421
Government Contract Fraud Multiple Agencies Failure to Test Navigation System Components 2010 Settlement $12,500,000
Government Contract Fraud Defense - Air Force B-2 Bomber Advance Topcoat System Fraud Investigation 2010 Settlement $5,210,000
Government Contract Fraud Defense - Army Improperly Charging for Lodging Expenses On Army Contracts 2010 Settlement $700,000
Poor Contract Performance State/Local Virginia IT Contract Audit Report 2009 Investigative Finding $0
View all contractor misconduct data for Northrop Grumman Sources: Federal Contractor Misconduct Database from POGO

EPA Violations

4 Enforcement Actions
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Figures are based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO website. The ECHO database contains federal and state environmental enforcement actions. Data displayed here includes only those actions that began after 2000 and resulted in fines of over $1 million.

Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.

For more information see our EPA methodology page.

Case Name Defendant Date Locations Amount
Omega Chemical Superfund Site Ou-1 Rd/Ra Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (+270 others) 2010 Whittier, Ca $7,100,000
Moog, Inc. / Northrup Grumman & Electronics Company, Inc. Northrop Grumman Guidance & Electronics Company (+1 others) 2010 Murphy, Nc $4,500,000
Old Southington Landfill Northrop Grumman System Corporation (+85 others) 2009 Southington, Ct $4,248,450
Chemtronics Site Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (+2 others) 2009 Swannanoa, Nc $1,441,041
View all EPA violations data for Northrop Grumman Sources: EPA ECHO Enforcement Data

Advisory Committees

45 people on 30 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

Table shows employees of "Northrop Grumman" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Department of Transportation 28 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Defense 10 people on 21 committees
  • Toggle Department of Labor 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Homeland Security 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle National Archives and Records Administration 2 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Federal Communications Commission 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 1 person on 1 committee
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