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The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Protecting Unfriendly Skies Homeland Security moves forward with an anti-missile program. This will likely be a more expensive proposition than the contractors let on -- and thus more lucrative for the shareholders of whoever wins.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Trumps the Competition In the race to defend airspace, the Counter Man-Portable Airspace Protection System demonstrates a couple new tricks.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Raytheon: Defense on the Cheap Defense contractor aims to make airplanes safe. Raytheon's argument does indeed seem defensible, and its system, economical.
National Defense March 2007 Breanne Wagner	DHS Expands Search for Anti-Missile Technology The Department of Homeland Security is proposing an unmanned aerial vehicle defense system designed to fly above airports and protect commercial aircraft against shoulder-fired missiles.
BusinessWeek March 27, 2006 Lorraine Woellert	Hesitation At Homeland Security A high-tech missile defense for passenger jets now exists, but plans to install it don't.
Popular Mechanics April 2007 Erik Sofge	Laser-Powered Midair Missile Defense Takes Aim Northrop Grumman's antimissile system for commercial jets finally takes aim.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing's Boffo Day Good news comes in pairs.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	Congress Still Undecided on How to Protect Airliners from Missiles Tests of a system designed to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles have showed some improved performance in areas such as maintenance. But the system still falls short of goals acceptable to airlines.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Raytheon Joins the UAV Race Raytheon has come up with an innovative system for guarding our nation's airports against the threat of shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Rich Smith	Reagan's Death Star Destroyed ... Again Newsflash: Reagan rolls in grave as Star Wars explodes yet again.
National Defense December 2003 Sandra I. Erwin	Anti-Missile Program for Airliners on a Fast Track Under pressure from Congress to deploy anti-missile systems rapidly on commercial airliners, the Department of Homeland Security is expected to award multiple contracts by year's end.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2011 Rich Smith	Look, Up in the Sky! It's a Bird! It's a Plane! Nope. It's Raytheon's newest, coolest drone.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Becomes a Guinea Pig Backlog refers to orders that have been booked and are expected to become revenue but haven't yet. Let's take a deeper look at backlog, using Northrop Grumman's fourth-quarter and full-year reports as an example.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman's Bad Omen In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if Northrop Grumman will miss estimates again, as it had last quarter.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Misses the Boat This defense contractor appears to be struggling in the first quarter.
National Defense August 2009 Stew Magnuson	No Further Funding for DHS Shoulder-Fired Missile Program The Obama administration in its 2010 budget has not requested further funding to test a controversial program to protect commercial aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 John McHale	Northrop Grumman Proposes High-Energy Ground Laser to Defend Commercial Aircraft The defense company proposed a ground-based, high-energy laser system called Skyguard as part of a layered airport defense to protect commercial jetliners from terrorists firing shoulder-fired missiles.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 Bruce Bigelow	Northrop Grumman Leads $15M Round for Daylight Solutions The funding will go toward new laser technology research.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Rich Smith	"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" 2009 Edition This edition of "Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" takes a peek within the exciting world of flying model airplanes ... that kill.
National Defense December 2014 Valerie Insinna	JSTARS Contractor Joins Modernization Competition Northrop Grumman is jumping into the fray of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program to replace the Air Force's premier surveillance and targeting aircraft.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman's Naval Death Star The defense contractor's new laser gun is a real blast.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does This Defense Contractor Have the Makings of a Great Investment? Should you buy this stock?
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	Northrop Grumman to provide infrared countermeasures for Air Force C-130 aircraft Company engineers are designing optoelectronic hardware and spare parts to defend utility aircraft from heat-seeking missiles.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Is Shipshape In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Northrop Grumman to show a small increase in sales and an even smaller increase in profits.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 Brian Gorman	Tanker Tango Europe's aerospace leader and Northrop Grumman team up, pursuing a key defense contract. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Star Wars Lite Two and a half years after they brought you the world's first airborne ray gun, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman still have a few kinks to work out. But how should investors view recent governmental funding cuts?
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Defense & Aerospace: More Plane Pain, But Help From Uncle Sam Sales of civilian aircraft will be flat, though the worst of the slump may be over. High-tech weaponry will be a bright spot for defense contractors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Laser weapons prove their worth in guarding against mortar attacks "For the first time, we have a way to protect our forces, and those of our allies, against almost daily mortar attacks," says Patrick Caruana, vice president of Space and Missile Defense for Northrop Grumman Space Technology.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: Bad News Is Good News Northrop stunned the investing world by announcing that it will report a loss in the next quarter, but the news isn't as bad as it seems.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Beats Boeing Not in the big race (yet), but in the warm-up.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2011 Robert Eberhard	3 Aerospace and Defense Stocks Near Lows and Paying Dividends A Foolish veteran who served in Iraq likes the dividends of these aerospace and defense stocks.
CIO October 28, 2009 Kim S. Nash	How Northrop Grumman Minimized Spending on Contract Labor By centralizing IT labor contract management, Northrop Grumman saved millions.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop's Shocking Sale Northrop Grumman decides to sell off its "Electro-Optical Systems" unit to fellow contractor L-3 Communications for $175 million.
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Palmeri & Crock	Northrop's Heavy Artillery Northrop Grunnam has snapped up 16 major companies in the past 10 years.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	Northrop's $2.5 Billion Buyback Northrop Grumman announces a buyback authorization of truly mammoth proportions. At $2.5 billion in size, this buyback could potentially reduce Northrop's share count by approximately 9% if implemented in full.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	Northrop Grumman for a Defense What kind of a role can a defense company play in your portfolio?
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames	Private Sector Adapts to Business with DHS Officials at major private-sector security firms and prime contractors say the key to doing business with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to use current technology instead of developing new technology.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: More than Just UAVs Northrop Grumman just landed a $432 million contract to build two new E-2D "Advanced Hawkeye" command and control aircraft for the Navy. And this is just the beginning.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Wins! The winner of the $40 billion KC-X Tanker contract is all but certain. So let's all give a great big round of applause to ... Northrop Grumman! But not because it won the contract.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2009 Rich Smith	6 Stocks That Never Surrender In a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500, check in on how six defense stocks are doing.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008	Northrop Grumman selects Rockwell Collins optics for infrared countermeasures system Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers in Los Angeles needed electro-optics assemblies for the Miniature Pointer Tracker in its Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Northrop Grumman Contracts Labarge to Produce Electronic Assemblies for Radar Jammer Northrop Grumman selected LaBarge Inc. to produce circuit-card assemblies for one of Northrop Grumman's latest projects: designing the AN/ALQ-135 internally mounted radar countermeasures system for the F-15K fighter aircraft.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Orders Slow Down at Northrop Northrop ups 2007 earnings guidance, but the prospects of peace might be affecting the defense contractor.
National Defense January 2006 Robert H. Williams	Weapons Elevator Designed for Future Northrop Grumman Corporation selected Federal Equipment Company to design and build an advanced weapons elevator for the new-generation aircraft carrier, CVN 21.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Rich Smith	Boeing Scores Touchdown in India There's a new world order for U.S. defense contractors.
National Defense August 2007 Stew Magnuson	Army Helos Can Thwart Missiles, But Remain Vulnerable The Army has made progress protecting helicopters flying in Iraq from shoulder-fired missiles, but its crews and aircraft routinely are the targets of small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2008 Rich Smith	Going Once, Going Twice The two companies competing to build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers, Boeing and Northrop Grumman, both announce that they have submitted their final bids to the Pentagon.
The Motley Fool December 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Boatloads of Profit for General Dynamics and Northrop The U.S. Navy delivers a veritable boatload of certainty to both companies -- and that is meant literally.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Knocking at the Door The defense contractor is set to report its second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The 2009 Boxed Set) It's been a good year for unmanned aerial vehicles -- and a great year for investing in 'em. Here's an update on who's who and what's what in the exciting world of flying model airplanes that kill.