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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-26-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-10-20T10:00:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-20T10:05:34.815938+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q3 sales rise 7% to $11.1B; EPS $7.89; backlog $109.6B, 2026 guidance raised

## Summary
- Sales $11.1B, up 7% YoY from $10.4B; all four segments grew, led by Aeronautics +14% and Defense Systems +12%.
- Net earnings $1.1B, diluted EPS $7.89 vs $7.67; operating margin 11.4%, segment operating margin 12.1%.
- Net awards $16.4B, book-to-bill 1.5x; backlog $109.6B, including $4.6B restricted, $2.0B Sentinel, $1.4B Virginia Class, $1.3B F-35.
- 2026 guidance raised: segment operating income midpoint +$65M and MTM-adjusted EPS midpoint +$0.70.
- Adjusted free cash flow $1.81B, up 44% YoY; operating cash flow $1.745B, helped by $371M equipment sale proceeds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-26-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-10-20T10:00:28+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/1133421/000113342126000037/0001133421-26-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000037/noc-20261020.htm

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