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  0001569355
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
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  NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
  001-16411
  2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
  C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
  FALLS CHURCH
  VA
  22042
  703-280-2900
  Hardesty Michael A
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  1931
  875872.64
  144755659
  02/24/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  02/13/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  263
  02/13/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  02/15/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  909
  02/15/2022
  Compensation
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  759
  02/18/2025
  Compensation
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  /s/ Gary Redman, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Michael A. Hardesty