secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ (NOC)
CIK:        0001133421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-21T10:45:45+00:00
Accession:  0001133421-26-000033
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000033/0001133421-26-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000033/noc-20260721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133421-26-000033

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