---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-22-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:17:37.003135+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q2 sales down 4% to $8.8B; EPS $6.06; awards $13.0B

## Summary
- Sales $8.8B (-4% YoY); diluted EPS $6.06 vs $6.42; net earnings $946M vs $1.04B.
- Net awards $13.0B, book-to-bill 1.48; backlog up 6% to $80.0B.
- Segment operating margin rate 12.2% flat YoY; Space Systems sales +8% to $2.98B.
- Adjusted free cash flow -$460M vs +$854M; driven by $450M R&D tax payments (Sec. 174).
- FY 2022 guidance for sales, EPS and transaction-adjusted FCF reaffirmed unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-22-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342122000030/0001133421-22-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342122000030/noc-20220728.htm

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