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Northrop Grumman

Also Known As Northrop Grumman Corporation
Legacy Aerospace and Defense Conglomerates

An American aerospace and defense contractor formed in 1994 by the merger of Northrop Corporation and Grumman Aerospace. Northrop Grumman acquired TRW Inc. in 2002; TRW had built NASA's Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft, making them part of the company's own spacecraft heritage.

Facts
Agency Type
Private aerospace company 1
Founded Year
1994 1
Formed by the 1994 merger of Northrop Corporation and Grumman Aerospace. TRW Inc., which built Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 in the early 1970s, was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002 and is a predecessor within the company's own spacecraft heritage, not part of the 1994 founding merger itself.
Headquarters
Falls Church, Virginia, United States 1
Head
Kathy J. Warden (President and CEO). 1
Annual Budget
US$41.9 billion in revenue for 2025 (a public company; figure is revenue, not a government budget). 1
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Northrop Grumman
Connections

Associated With

Pioneer 10, Spacecraft

Pioneer 10 was built by TRW Inc., acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002; a predecessor-institution fact per the atlas's own voice convention.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Operates

Antares, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Cygnus, Spacecraft

Operated by Orbital Sciences Corporation 2013-2015, its successor Orbital ATK 2015-2018, and Northrop Grumman since Northrop's 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK; stated explicitly as predecessor-institution history, not a silent anachronism.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Minotaur, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Pegasus, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Northrop Grumman, lead section
    Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered in West Falls Church, Virginia, is an American aerospace and defense company
  • Northrop Grumman, history section; TRW Inc., Decline and acquisition section
    In February 2002, Northrop Grumman launched a $5.9 billion hostile bid for TRW. The acquisition was completed on July 1, 2002, when Northrop Grumman's increased bid of $7.8 billion was accepted.
  • Northrop Grumman, infobox
    Founded: 1994 | Headquarters: West Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. | Type: Public company
  • Northrop Grumman, history section
    The company was formed in 1994 through the merger of Northrop Corporation and Grumman Aerospace.
  • Northrop Grumman, infobox (revenue field, revenue_year 2025)
    {{increase}} {{US$|41.9 billion|link=yes}}
  • Northrop Grumman, infobox (key_people field)
    [[Kathy J. Warden]] <br />([[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])
  • Associated With: Pioneer 10, Pioneer 10, Mission background section; TRW Inc., Decline and acquisition section
  • Operates: Cygnus, Cygnus (spacecraft) article, current operator section
    Northrop Grumman has operated Cygnus since 2018, following earlier operators Orbital Sciences Corporation (2013-2015) and Orbital ATK (2015-2018)
  • Includes: Orbital ATK, Wikipedia: Orbital ATK, lead section
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
  • Operates: Pegasus
  • Operates: Minotaur
  • Operates: Antares
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