Arms maker; builds the F-35 centre fuselage flown over Gaza
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Northrop Grumman is a U.S. weapons manufacturer that builds the center fuselage of the F-35, including the jets delivered to Israel's air force. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says these jets were integral to dropping an estimated 85,000 tons of bombs on Gaza, and they struck Iran in 2025 and 2026. According to AFSC research, Northrop also makes the fire-control radar and electronic-warfare systems on Israel's F-16s. With Lockheed Martin it makes the Longbow radar that guides Hellfire missiles fired from Apache helicopters, and it supplied Sa'ar 5 warships to Israel's navy. The proceeds: about $143B in sales and $12.4B in net earnings from 2023 to June 2026, with a record $104.7B backlog at June 30, 2026. Its largest shareholders are the same asset managers that own the rest of the industry: State Street (9.27%) and BlackRock (8.29%) as of June 30, 2026, and Vanguard (7.22%) and Capital Group (5.2%) as of March 31, 2026.
Northrop Grumman 'designed and produces the center fuselage for all three F-35 variants' and delivered the centre fuselage for Israel's first F-35 in 2015. CEO Kathy Warden was paid $25.4M for 2025, 224 times the median employee.
Sources: thenationalnews.com, bloomberg.com
State Street held 9.27%, BlackRock 8.29%, Vanguard 7.22% and Capital Group 5.2% of Northrop in 2026.
Sources: State Street Corp 13F-HR/A Q2 2026 holdings (mirror of SEC filing 0000093751-26-000583), BlackRock, Inc. 13F-HR Q2 2026 holdings (accession 0002012383-26-003238), Schedule 13G - Northrop Grumman Corp - Vanguard Capital Management,
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Issuer: Northrop Grumman Corp; Reporting Person: Vanguard Capital Management; Date of Event: 03/31/2026; Aggregate amount beneficially owned: 10,248,540.00; Percent of class: 7.22 %
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Issuer: Northrop Grumman Corp.; Reporting Person: Capital International Investors; Date of Event: 03/31/2026; Aggregate amount beneficially owned: 7,321,667; Percent of class: 5.2 %
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Northrop Grumman designed and produces the center fuselage for all three F-35 variants.
Northrop Grumman Delivers Center Fuselage for First Israeli F-35 Aircraft [headline]
The Justice Department announced today that Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) has agreed to settle civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §3729, by overstating the number of hours its employees worked on two battlefield communications contracts with the United States Air Force. Under the settlement, NGSC, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, will make a payment of $25.8 million
Total Compensation for Fiscal Year Ending in 2025: $25,357,443
Ms. Kathy J. Warden has served as Chair since August 2019 and as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since January 2019.
Ms. Warden became chairman of Northrop Grumman in August 2019 and has served as CEO and President since January 2019.
Total Compensation for Fiscal Year Ending in 2025: $25,357,443
Sales $20,757 (six months 2026, $ millions)
Sales: 2025 $41,954; 2024 $41,033 ($ millions)
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Sales $20,757 (six months 2026, $ millions)
Net earnings $1,969 (six months 2026, $ millions)
Net earnings: 2025 $4,182; 2024 $4,174 ($ millions)
Net earnings $1,969 (six months 2026, $ millions)
Total backlog $104.692 billion as of June 30, 2026 (record)