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accession: "0001133421-25-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T09:00:51.941519+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q1 EPS $3.32, includes $2.74 B-21 charge; sales down 7% to $9.5B

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $3.32 vs $6.32 YoY; net earnings $481M, down 49% from $944M.
- B-21 LRIP loss provision of $477M pre-tax ($2.74/sh) due to manufacturing cost increases.
- Sales $9.5B, down 7% YoY; backlog reached record $92.8B with $10.8B net awards.
- Segment: Space Systems sales -18% to $2.57B; Aeronautics Systems operating loss of $183M.
- Company reaffirms 2025 guidance for sales and free cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-25-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342125000022/0001133421-25-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342125000022/noc-20250422.htm

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