Federal contractor · REDONDO BEACH, CA

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION received $547.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (−37% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.6B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($521.9M). It also received $674.9K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$547.3M
New awards
19
Sole-source
95%
Single offer
0.7%
UEI
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Parent company
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION company family: 159 registered entities, $11.1B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONMELBOURNE, FL · Family page
    $1.1B
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPROY, UT
    $2.9B
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONROLLING MEADOWS, IL
    $575.3M
  4. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONSAN DIEGO, CA
    $543.6M
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONHUNTSVILLE, AL
    $529.4M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 388MFY2017
  2. 348.8MFY2018
  3. 233.1MFY2019
  4. 370.9MFY2020
  5. 494.4MFY2021
  6. 510.2MFY2022
  7. 1BFY2023
  8. 880.8MFY2024
  9. 868.9MFY2025
  10. 547.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$521.9M95%
    10 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$17.3M3.2%
    5 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5.7M1.0%
    2 awards
  4. Departmental Offices$2.3M0.4%
    1 awards
  5. Missile Defense Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$434.3M79%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$102M19%
  3. Professional services$11M2.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$547.3M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition96%
    US 39% · $524M
  • Sole-source awards95%
    US 30% · $520.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.7%
    US 8.7% · $3.8M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Air Force$514.4M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Exclusions in SAM.gov

Records of the SAM.gov exclusions list (parties debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or otherwise excluded) matched to this recipient by its Unique Entity ID or CAGE code.

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Largest awards

  1. NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED POLAR SPACE VEHICLES 1 AND 2 STUDY.$3.2B
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 25, 2018 – Jun 11, 2026· FA881018C0006
  2. SATCOM SPACE VEHICLE$149.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· FA880726CB001
  3. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT (REUBEN).$31.5M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Nov 10, 2016 – Jun 4, 2026· HR001115C0022
  4. THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE PHASE E OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT.$27.1M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 15, 2022 – Sep 3, 2026· 80GSFC23CA021
  5. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$26M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Oct 20, 2022 – Mar 26, 2026· HR001123C0002
  6. ENHANCED POLAR SYSTEM CONTROL AND PLANNING SEGMENT AND PAYLOAD SUSTAINMENT$21M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Aug 22, 2025 – Apr 29, 2026· FA882325CB001
  7. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$12.8M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· May 10, 2024 – May 7, 2026· HR001124C0367
  8. TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEAT REMOVAL IN ELECTRONICS AT THE DEVICE SCALE (THREADS)$12.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 1, 2023 – Apr 23, 2026· FA238524CB003

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION received $674.9K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 7 actions (1 new awards), −51% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($674.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$674.9K
New awards
1
Actions
7
Since FY2021
$7.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 1.5MFY2023
  4. 3.8MFY2024
  5. 1.4MFY2025
  6. 674.9KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$674.9K100%

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$674.9K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$674.9K100%

Largest awards

  1. NEW AWARD WITH NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION EXPLORATORY TOPIC D: PRE-TRAILS FOA# DE-FOA-0002784 CONTROL #2784-1703 PROJECT TITLE…$1.8M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Jun 17, 2024 – Jun 23, 2026· DEAR0001807
  2. RECENTLY TECHNIQUES FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND SPECTROMETRY HAVE BEEN PROPOSED WHICH WOULD ENABLE SIGNIFICANT NEW SCIENCE AND COULD SUBSTANTIALLY…$747.2K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Apr 18, 2023 – Mar 1, 2026· 80NSSC23K0549
  3. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$674.9K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jul 7, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 80NSSC26K0922
  4. HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION OF HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURE BARRIER IR.DETECTORS AND WAVEGUIDES: INTEGRATED PHOTONICS FOR IR HYPERSPECTRAL…$600.5K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Mar 23, 2023 – Dec 11, 2025· 80NSSC23K0548

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $18.6M (88 subawards)

51 sub-recipients

  1. FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC$3.9M21%
    GOLETA, CA · 1 subaward
  2. ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY$3.8M20%
    SIMSBURY, CT · 1 subaward
  3. VECTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$3.5M19%
    WINFIELD, KS · 4 subawards
  4. BEYOND GRAVITY SWEDEN AB$1.5M8.3%
    GOTEBORG, SWE · 1 subaward
  5. MODELS & TOOLS INC.$1.2M6.7%
    SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI · 6 subawards
  6. STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION$997.4K5.4%
    NORTH SIOUX CITY, SD · 2 subawards
  7. AREA51-ESG, INC.$717.7K3.9%
    IRVINE, CA · 7 subawards
  8. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$533.3K2.9%
    STANFORD, CA · 1 subaward
  9. MAJESTIC12 ELECTRONICS, INC.$456.1K2.5%
    IRVINE, CA · 4 subawards
  10. KRATOS S1, INC.$425.7K2.3%
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.4% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $129.7M paid out · $2.5B received
  • FY2022: $234.9M paid out · $92.2M received
  • FY2023: $995.9M paid out · $63.3M received
  • FY2024: $60.3M paid out · -$1M received
  • FY2025: $55.8M paid out · $26.1M received
  • FY2026: $18.6M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

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Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

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Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.