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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-26-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:25:38.433024+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q4 sales up 10% to $11.7B; record backlog $95.7B; 2026 guidance mid-single digit growth

## Summary
- Q4 2025 sales $11.7B (+10% YoY); full-year sales $42.0B (+2% YoY); diluted EPS $29.08, MTM-adjusted $26.34.
- Record backlog of $95.7B on full-year book-to-bill of 1.10; Q4 net awards $15.9B.
- Q4 segment operating income up 10% to $1.313B; segment OM rate 11.2% flat; Aeronautics Systems OM 9.4%.
- 2026 guidance: mid-single digit sales growth; free cash flow consistent with October outlook.
- Full-year operating cash flow $4.8B (+8% YoY); free cash flow $3.3B (+26% YoY); capex 3.5% of sales.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-26-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1133421/000113342126000002/0001133421-26-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000002/noc-20260127.htm

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