---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-26-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-07-21T10:45:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-21T10:50:09.484611+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q2 sales $10.9B (+5% YoY), EPS $7.68; raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Net awards $20B; backlog record $105B.
- Sales $10.9B (+5% YoY); operating income $1.1B (10.1% margin).
- Diluted EPS $7.68 vs $8.15 (prior year included $1.04 gain from training divestiture).
- FY 2026 guidance raised: sales $43.75-44.25B (up $250M), MTM-adjusted EPS $28.60-29.10 (up $1.20).
- Defense Systems op income -38% on $68M SiAW charge; Space Systems -16% on $91M GEM 63XL charge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-26-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-07-21T10:45:45+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/1133421/000113342126000033/0001133421-26-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000033/noc-20260721.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133421-26-000033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133421-26-000033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133421-26-000033.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.