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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-23-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:18:41.992097+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman elects Kathryn Simpson as General Counsel; Cheston to retire

## Summary
- Kathryn Simpson elected Corporate Vice President and General Counsel effective Oct. 30, 2023.
- Sheila Cheston to retire after 13 years as General Counsel, effective Dec. 1, 2023.
- Simpson currently VP and Associate General Counsel in Mission Systems; joined Northrop Grumman in 2012.
- Simpson previously spent 17 years at Raytheon; holds JD from University of Wisconsin.
- Simpson will report to CEO Kathy Warden and oversee global legal matters.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-23-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342123000041/0001133421-23-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342123000041/noc-20230707.htm

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