Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a prominent aerospace and defense technology company based in Virginia, engaged in the development and production of a wide array of systems and products for government and commercial clients worldwide. The company operates through several segments, including Flight Systems, Defense Systems, and Space Systems. The Flight Systems segment focuses on launch vehicles, missile defense interceptors, and aviation structures, while the Defense Systems segment specializes in military ammunition, tactical missile propulsion, and precision weapons. The Space Systems segment is involved in creating satellites for communication, scientific research, and national security, along with human-rated space systems for exploration missions. With a commitment to advancing technology and enhancing security, Northrop Grumman supports various missions across air, land, sea, and space, catering to a diverse global customer base that includes military, intelligence, and civilian sectors.

Bruno Dieseldorff

Director of Investments

Todd Ernst

Corporate Vice President, Treasurer and Vice President Investor Relations

Michael Hardesty

Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Dave Keffer

Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David Keffer

Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Vice President

Denny McSweeny

Corporate Director, Investor Relations

Dennis Newberry

Corporate Director, Investments

Johnett Ryans

Corporate Director, Investments

Albert Tsao

Pension Plan Investment Manager

Kathy Warden

Chief Executive Officer and President

26 past transactions

Echodyne

Series D in 2022
Echodyne develops and manufactures meta-materials-based radar technologies. The company combines the patented technology of metamaterials with powerful software to create a radar sensor with unprecedented performance at commercial price points. Echodyne's patented technology and powerful software create a high-performance radar platform that produces security and machine autonomy solutions for government, defense, and industry. Echodyne was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.

Orbit Fab

Venture Round in 2021
Orbit Fab offers a supply of satellite propellant in Earth Orbit that expands the operational potential of new and existing space assets. It develops the infrastructure needed to grow a thriving in-space market for products and services that support both existing space businesses (communications and Earth observation) and new industries like space tourism, manufacturing, and mining. The future for satellites is no longer restricted to the fuel they are launched with. Orbit Fab was founded in 2018 by its Co-Founders Daniel Faber and Jeremy Schiel.

Deepwave Digital

Seed Round in 2020
Deepwave Digital, Inc. manufactures artificial intelligence (AI)-based hardware/software sensor solutions for radio frequency (RF) and wireless system companies. . The company’s products include Artificial Intelligence Radio Transceiver (AIR-T) which is a software defined radio. It offers software, such as AirPack, AirStack Sandbox, and Spectrum Sensing that enables RF and wireless systems to receive, detect, and identify signals in the spectral environment. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Orbital ATK

Acquisition in 2017
As a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, Orbital ATK designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world both as a prime contractor and as a merchant supplier. Their main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; satellites and associated components and services; composite aerospace structures; tactical missiles, subsystems and defense electronics; and precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs approximately 12,000 people in 18 states across the U.S. and several international locations.

Qantas Defence Services

Acquisition in 2014
Qantas Defence Services provides support services to a range of major Australian defense force capability systems.

M5 Network Security

Acquisition in 2012
M5 Network Security Pty Ltd is a fully Australian-owned company established in 2003, headquartered in Canberra with offices in Melbourne and Tampa FL. They provide cybersecurity services to military, government and large corporations. M5 Network Security's cybersecurity services offering is complemented by a thriving product development practice focusing on the Secure Communications System, and a custom analytics software development group supporting cybersecurity outcomes.

Daylight Solutions

Series C in 2011
Daylight Solutions, Inc. manufactures molecular detection and imaging instruments for the medical diagnostics, homeland security, military, and industrial/environmental monitoring applications. The company also manufactures tunable lasers and tiny tunables for original equipment manufacture and scientific applications. It offers solutions for non-invasive medical diagnostics, medical imaging, and drug discovery applications in biomedical field; for detection and alert applications in military markets; for detection applications in homeland security market; and for process monitoring and leak detection applications in industrial market. Daylight Solutions, Inc., through distributors, offers its solutions in China, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Norway, and Finland. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Poway, California.

Sonoma Photonics

Acquisition in 2009
Sonoma Photonics is a provider of advanced thin film technologies and products for mission critical applications. Sonoma Photonics offers narrow and wide bandpass filters, long and short wavepass filters, LWIR filter sets, beamsplitters, laser coatings, matched filter pairs, leaky green coatings, dark mirrors, and patterned coatings.

3001 International

Acquisition in 2008
3001 provides geospatial solutions in the United States. It offers geospatial data production and analysis services, including airborne imaging, surveying, mapping, and geographic information systems. The company also provides photo-grammetric and remote sensing services. Its products and services are used for civilian, defense, and intelligence initiatives; developing and maintaining public and private sector infrastructure; and for understanding the land and its resources. 3001, Inc. was formerly known as Vernon F. Meyer and Associates. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. It has office locations in Slidell, Louisiana; Gainesville, Florida; Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; Theodore and Huntsville, Alabama; St. Louis, Missouri; and Peachtree City, Georgia. As of October 2, 2008, 3001, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Xinetics, Inc.

Acquisition in 2007
Xinetics, Inc. develops and provides technologies in precision motion devices. Xinetics also produces advanced wavefront control systems for real-time control of active optical systems.

Scaled Composites

Acquisition in 2007
Scaled Composites, LLC is an aerospace and specialty composites development company located in Mojave, California (about 80 miles north of Los Angeles). FOUNDED IN 1982 BY BURT RUTAN, SCALED HAS BROAD EXPERIENCE IN AIR VEHICLE DESIGN, TOOLING AND MANUFACTURING, SPECIALTY COMPOSITE STRUCTURE DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND FABRICATION, AND DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT TESTS OF AIR AND SPACE VEHICLES. The employees at Scaled come from a diverse background of talents, experience, and interests. This unique combination of individuals helps promote an innovative and creative atmosphere. Scaled offers the opportunity to pursue career and personal interests in a manner that can be found nowhere else by following one simple rule: have fun. Their normal business hours are from 7 am to 4:30 pm (Pacific), Monday through Thursday. They are open every other Friday from 7 am to 3:30 pm (Pacific).

Essex Corporation

Acquisition in 2006
As of January 25, 2007 Essex Corp. is acquired by Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation. Essex Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides signal processing, image processing, information processing, information assurance, and engineering innovations for the U.S. Government intelligence and defense customers. It provides processing solutions using optical, optoelectronic, and software technology within the five business areas: Signal Processing, Image Processing, Information Processing, Information Assurance, and Engineering Innovations. The company’s Signal Processing solutions include integrated signal processing solutions, advanced optical signal processors, radar signal processors, and communications and networks. Its Image Processing business includes 3-D imaging and geographic information systems. The company’s Information Processing business includes cognitive processing and critical information infrastructure services. Essex Corporation’s Information Assurance business includes information and network security solutions, as well as information warfare. Its Engineering Innovations include embedded systems, and engineering design, development, and deployment. Essex Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland

Confluent RF Systems Corp.

Acquisition in 2005
Confluent RF Systems Corp. manufactures instruments used to measure electricity and electrical signals.

Integic Corporation

Acquisition in 2005
Integic Corporation specializes in enterprise health and business process management services. The company also operates as an e-business integrator of software, people, and processes that connects legacy environments to online business applications. It offers e.POWER software for the integration of applications addressing the critical requirements of online business operations, including enterprise work management, integrated document, and records management and portals. The company also provides workflow applications to the federal government, as well as serves healthcare and life sciences industries. Its clients include the department of defense, the military health system, department of state, department of veterans affairs, and general electric. The company was founded as Universal Systems, Inc. in 1990 and changed its name to Integic Corporation in 2000. Integic Corporation is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.

XonTech

Acquisition in 2003
XonTech develops science and technology-based solutions that focuses on missile defense, and sensor and intelligence data analysis. The company offers systems engineering and integration, sensor development, and modeling and simulation services. Xontech's products include large-scale and small-scale radar systems. XonTech, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Van Nuys, California with additional offices in Colorado, Ohio, Alabama, Florida, and Massachusetts. XonTech, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation.

Fibersense Technology

Acquisition in 2002
As of December 18, 2002, Fibersense Technology Corp. was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corp. The company is commercializing advanced fiber optic technology for gyroscopes and other sensor products. The company makes solid-state fiber optic rotation sensors which are replacing the existing mechanical gyroscope technology common in present generation guidance and navigational systems. Fibersense products are used in a wide range of applications, from mining equipment to military programs to space. It has sophisticated design, proto type assembly and manufacturing equipment which meet or exceed the industry's highest standards. Fibersense's core capabilities are in FOG design, inertial systems design, precision electronics design, precision optical assembly, FOG test, systems integration and inertial system test. Fibersense Technology Corp. is headquartered at Canton, Massachusetts.

TRW Automotive Holdings

Acquisition in 2002
TRW Automotive Holdings is a prominent player in the automotive safety sector, recognized for its extensive range of active and passive safety systems. The company aims to be the global leader in automotive safety, leveraging its comprehensive portfolio to enhance vehicle safety across the industry. Founded in 1928 and based in London, TRW is committed to innovation and excellence in safety technologies, making it a key supplier to automotive manufacturers worldwide. The firm’s investment management division, TRW Investment Management Company Ltd., oversees $5 billion in assets, employing various investment strategies, including indexing.

Newport News Shipbuilding

Acquisition in 2001
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), originally Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company (NNS&DD), was the largest privately owned shipyard in the United States prior to being purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2001. Known as Northrop Grumman Newport News (NGNN), and later Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News (NGSB-NN), the company is located in Newport News, Virginia, and often participates in projects with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, also located adjacent to Hampton Roads. In March 2011 Newport News Shipbuilding, along with the shipbuilding sector of Northrop Grumman spun-off to form a new company called Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Litton Industries

Acquisition in 2000
Litton Industries, now owned by Northup Grumman, is a company built on vacuum tubes and early computers. Charles Litton, Sr., was a scientist working at Stanford University in the 1930s when radio was the major technology of the day. By 1932, he had started his own business, using an invention hed developed to mass-produce glass radio transmitting tubes. In these early days of the company, Litton Industries was primarily focused on supplying the burgeoning radio industry, and exploring the generation and interception of radio waves.

Federal Data Corp.

Acquisition in 2000
Federal Data Corp. provides information technology services. Federal Data Corp. offers sophisticated technical, scientific, and engineering services to enhance IT performance and productivity, and integrates diverse hardware and software components into a single turnkey system, selling COTS hardware and software products as an element of the integrated solution.

Comptek Research

Acquisition in 2000
Comptek Research is a supplier of electronic warfare and information dominance technologies for U.S. and international defense customers.

Navia Aviation

Acquisition in 1999
Navia Aviation is a supplier of instrument landing systems, digital voice switching systems and air traffic control systems.

Ryan Aeronautical

Acquisition in 1999
Ryan Aeronautical designs and makes unmanned airborne vehicles and systems for the defense department and international military customers.

Data Procurement Corp.

Acquisition in 1999
Data Procurement Corp. provides automatic data processing support equipment.

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Acquisition in 1997
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