Joint Statement From Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman and Louis Gallois, CEO of EADS

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has been selected by the Brazil navy to supply state-of-the-art navigation systems for four new NAPA 500-ton patrol vessels, with options for six additional vessels. Sperry Marine will supply integrated bridge systems based on its new-generation VisionMaster FT(TM) navigation technology, including VisionMaster FT consoles, an electronic chart display and information system, navigation radars, heading and speed sensors, echosounder, steering control, mission data recorder and other subsystems.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), as one of the four member companies forming the North European Air Traffic Management Industry Group (NATMIG), has been awarded funding from the European Community and EUROCONTROL to participate in a research programme to streamline and modernise air traffic management in Europe. Northrop Grumman's Norway-based air traffic management subsidiary Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will receive contracts worth US$18.7m (NOK 117m) from the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking programme for research and development aimed at making air traffic in European skies greener, safer and more efficient.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will be participating in the UV Europe conference and exhibition where it will highlight its industry leading capabilities in unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned ground systems, and their effectiveness in combating piracy and irregular warfare. Northrop Grumman has a 60-year history of providing more than 100,000 unmanned aircraft systems to military customers in the US and around the world.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) held its third annual conference for users of its Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) systems for the testing and evaluation of airborne, naval and land electronic warfare systems. The conference has been established as a forum for constructive dialogue with user groups aimed at keeping them updated about system developments and identifying potential opportunities for improving system performance and customer service.

June 28th, 2009 BALTIMORE - Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms LLC (NGCI LLC), a company formed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Cobham (LSE: COB), has been selected to provide the VIS-X Vehicular Intercommunication System Expanded for the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM).

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract to provide technical support services for the integrated platform management systems (IPMS) installed in the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit by BVT Surface Fleet Ltd, the prime contractor for the Type 45 programme.

March 22nd, 2009 FREIBURG, Germany - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Korean military systems and vehicle manufacturer Doosan DST Co., Ltd. to deliver inertial navigation units for the Republic of Korea's new K21 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).

March 16th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its Europe-based air traffic control systems subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by the Brazilian Airspace Control System Implementation Commission (CISCEA) to supply and install complete UHF/VHF T6 extended range communication stations at multiple sites across Southern Brazil. The contract valued at US$19M was awarded following an international competitive tender process.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its Europe-based air traffic management system subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by prime contractor Aeronav Group to supply an extended-range VHF communications system to the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The system will deliver ground-to-air voice communications throughout the country's airspace, including the surrounding oceanic area.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced its Europe-based air traffic management system subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by NATS Services Ltd. to supply, deliver and install its NOVA 9000 Radar Processing and Flight Planning System, with fully integrated electronic flight strips, to the new air traffic control (ATC) tower at Jersey International Airport.

September 16th, 2009 Northrop Grumman CEO Ronald Sugar retiringWASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday Ronald Sugar will step down as chairman and CEO at the end of the year, ahead of his retirement in June 2010.

June 23rd, 2009 Northrop Grumman receives contract modificationNEW YORK — Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Inc., a unit of Northrop Grumman Corp. is being awarded a $213.8 million modification to a previously awarded Navy contract, the U.S.

August 25th, 2009 Northrop Grumman gets $7.1M defense dealWASHINGTON — A division of Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $7.1 million contract from the Air Force to provide spare equipment at bases using the Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle, the Pentagon said Monday.

September 30th, 2009 Northrop Grumman gets $36.1M Air Force pactWASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $36.1 million contract from the Air Force for various spare parts for a low powered radar system, the Pentagon said late Wednesday.

August 26th, 2009 LaBarge gets $2.6M Northrop Grumman contractST. LOUIS — LaBarge Inc.

August 24th, 2009 Northrop Grumman cybersecurity team gets Army pactRESTON, Va. — Northrop Grumman Corp.

September 9th, 2009 EADS chief calls for talks on WTO disputePARIS — The head of Airbus' parent company says the European jet maker did nothing wrong in a trade dispute with the U.S. over government subsidies, and called for a negotiated settlement with archrival Boeing Co.

September 14th, 2009 Northrop Grumman unit wins US Navy contractVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Northrop Grumman Corp.

June 24th, 2009 Northrop Grumman unit gets $276.3M Air Force dealWASHINGTON — A unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., the nation's second-largest defense contractor, received a $276.3 million Air Force deal for a communications network that will be used on military drones, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node System is a prototype of a remotely accessed, high-altitude and tactical communications network that will be used on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, which have seen greater use in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

April 22nd, 2009 Northrop Grumman 1st-qtr profit up nearly 50 pctWASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman Corp. on Wednesday said its first-quarter profit rose almost 50 percent, boosted by higher sales of military products like aerial drones and a larger contract for a satellite-based tracking system.