Building on Success
A key element of Northrop Grumman’s growth is its commitment to the international marketplace. The company has a range of industry-leading capabilities available for international markets and sells products and services to customers in 25 nations.
Northrop Grumman has a well-established international presence outside the United States and maintains a network of more than 30 regional business development offices and local businesses serving customers in key international markets in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.
By Region
UNITED KINGDOM
The UK is Northrop Grumman’s largest international customer and remains a critically important market for the company as a supplier base and a source for technology partners. The company has a heritage of operating in the UK that spans 100 years.
Northrop Grumman’s UK-based businesses play a key role in supporting the UK armed forces as well as developing security and resilience capabilities for the UK. Our UK businesses are also significant exporters to countries around the world.
Northrop Grumman operates from ten key locations in the UK, providing avionics, airport systems, communication systems, unmanned group systems, electronic warfare systems, marine navigation systems, C4I civil and security, C4I defence, cyber security, aircraft whole life support, IT systems and software development.
Since 2007 the company has opened four new UK facilities increasing its in-country technical capabilities and enabling it to be more responsive to customers’ needs. Please visit www.northropgrumman.co.uk.
EUROPE
In mainland Europe Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal automation systems. The company also has offices in Belgium and Switzerland.
France
SOLYSTIC is a major player in the postal sorting market and has built its reputation as an industry leader in the field of mail sorting machines and character recognition technology. It has supplied post handling systems in 25-countries on all five continents. SOLYSTIC is based in Gentilly, Paris and at Bourg les Valences near Lyons. Please visit www.solystic.com.
Germany
Northrop Grumman has been established in Germany since 1961 and has facilities in Freiburg and Hamburg.
Northrop Grumman LITEF, based in Freiburg, is a leader in the development and manufacture of navigation and reference systems for air, land and maritime applications for military and civilian customers around the world. Northrop Grumman LITEF is a world leader in fibre-optic gyro systems and has produced and delivered more than 64,000 systems customers. Please visit www.northropgrumman.litef.com.
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has its mainland Europe facility in Hamburg, and provides smart navigation and ship control solutions for the international marine industry together with customer service and support. Please visit www.sperrymarine.northropgrumman.com.
Italy
Northrop Grumman has been operating from its Pomezia facility near Rome in Italy since 1961 and today Northrop Grumman Italia specialises in the design, development and production of a range of integrated navigation systems. Primarily used in avionics and tactical applications, its products are also for naval and land applications and include Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Air Data Sensors (ADS) and Magnetic Sensor Units (MSU). Please visit www.northropgrumman.it.
ASIA PACIFIC
Northrop Grumman has offices across the Asia Pacific region: Seoul,
Korea; Tokyo; Taipei, Taiwan; Singapore; New Delhi; and Canberra,
Australia.
Australia
In Australia, Northrop Grumman has a strong customer base and has
been supporting a variety of both defence and civil programmes for more
than 20 years. It is a key supplier in the defence, security,
information systems, and public safety communications markets providing a
range of capabilities and technologies including as a key subcontractor
for the Wedgetail AEW&C, F-35 Lightning II, and the FA/18 Super
Hornet programmes. The company was recently awarded a contract to build a
cyber-test range for the University of New South Wales and Canberra
campus at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Further expanding and
solidifying the company’s presence in Australia, particularly in cyber
security, Northrop Grumman recently acquired M5 Network Security, a
Canberra-based provider of cyber-security and secure mobile
communications to Australian military and intelligence organizations.
India
Northrop Grumman has been working with the Indian armed forces and
Indian industry for more than 25-years. We support India in a variety of
defence and civil applications including air traffic control
communications systems and radars, unmanned ground vehicles for the
Indian Army and marine navigation systems for the Indian Navy and bring
significant, capabilities for homeland defence modernization and command
& control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR).
We continue to develop our presence in India through strategic
industrial partnerships and in 2007 opened offices in New Delhi which
has been expanded to include representatives from several Northrop
Grumman businesses.
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
Northrop Grumman has had an active presence in the Middle East for more than a decade with its regional headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE and has well established partnerships with Dubai, the UAE and other countries in the region, where it supports a variety of defence and civil programmes. The company opened an office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2008.