<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-26-009839.txt : 20260219
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-26-009839
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260212
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Grady Christopher W.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002112505
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16411
		FILM NUMBER:		26655294

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		C/O OFFICE OF THE CORPORATE SECRETARY
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001133421
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL SYS [3812]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				800640649
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		703-280-2900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE
		STREET 2:		C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
		CITY:			FALLS CHURCH
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22042

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NNG INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010129
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    <periodOfReport>2026-02-12</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>FALLS CHURCH</rptOwnerCity>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>22042</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
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    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>No securities are beneficially owned as of February 12, 2026.
EXHIBIT LIST: EX-24 POA</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jennifer C. McGarey, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-02-19</signatureDate>
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i9d18b5975cf9476882c5ceee4f591254_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">POWER OF ATTORNEY </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kathryn G. Simpson and Jennifer C. McGarey, signing singly and with full power of substitution and re-substitution, as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;padding-left:4.02pt">obtain credentials (including codes or passwords) enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;), including as necessary to prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the SEC a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other document necessary or appropriate to obtain codes or passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (&#8220;EDGAR&#8221;) system of reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) or any rule or regulation of the SEC&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;padding-left:5.18pt">act as an account administrator for the undersigned&#8217;s EDGAR account, including&#58; (i) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators, technical administrators, account users, and delegated entities&#59; (ii) maintaining the security of the undersigned&#8217;s EDGAR account, including modification of access codes&#59; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of information on the undersigned&#8217;s EDGAR account dashboard&#59; and (iv) taking any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(3)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;padding-left:5.18pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as a director of Northrop Grumman Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(4)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;padding-left:5.18pt"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority&#59; and</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(5)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;padding-left:5.18pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned also ratifies hereby any action previously taken by each attorney-in-fact that would have been authorized by this Power of Attorney if it had been in effect at the time such action was taken. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, including Section 16 of the Exchange Act. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by the Company or its subsidiaries. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th  day of February 2026</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:180pt;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Christopher W. Grady </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">                        </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Christopher W. Grady<br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">       &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;   </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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