Northrop Grumman Corporation, or Northrop Grumman, is one of the world's top defense companies,[1] with the United States Department of Defense and intelligence community being its primary clients.[2] It is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. Since 2019, Kathy Warden has been the company's Chairman, President, and CEO.[3][4] According to Open Secrets, in the 2020 U.S. election cycle, PACs and individuals associated with Northrop Grumman contributed $3,517,253 toward Democrats and $3,147,821 toward Republicans.[5]
According to the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a non-violent peace activist organization, Northrop Grumman "manufactures multiple weapon systems used by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians, and was instrumental in developing ICE's deportation machine."[6]
Northrop Grumman has been ranked among the top water polluters in the "Toxic 100 Water Polluters" index by the Political Economy Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts Amherst for multiple years.[7][8]
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- ↑ "Top 100 Defense Companies." DefenseNews.
- ↑ Bernal, Kyle. “What Are the Top Northrop Grumman Government Contracts?” ExecutiveGov. November 8, 2022. Archived 2023-12-01.
- ↑ "Profile: Northrop Grumman." Forbes. Archived 2024-03-13.
- ↑ "Profile: Kathy Warden." Forbes. Archived 2024-03-13.
- ↑ "Northrop Grumman: Totals." Open Secrets. Archived 2023-11-16.
- ↑ "Northrop Grumman Corp." Investigate, Economic Activism Program, American Friends Service Committee. Archived 2024-03-13.
- ↑ Michael Ash, James K. Boyce, Rich Puchalsky. "Naming Worst U.S. Corporate Polluters." Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst. December 18, 2022. Archived 2023-03-13.
- ↑ Michael Ash, James K. Boyce, Rich Puchalsky. "Toxic 100 Names Top Climate, Air, and Water Polluters-2021." Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst. December 14, 2021. Archived 2023-10-03.