Northrop Grumman Appoints Sir Nigel Essenhigh as Chief Executive for Defence and Civil IT, and C4ISTAR Business in Europe

LONDON, January 18 - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced the appointment of
Sir Nigel Essenhigh as chief executive of its Information Systems Europe
business. In this new position, he will focus on the strategic direction of
Northrop Grumman's activities in the defence and civil IT, C4ISTAR and
counter-IED markets in the UK, mainland Europe and its export markets. Sir
Nigel will continue in his role as non-executive chairman for Northrop
Grumman in the UK.

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As chief executive he will be responsible for helping the company's
Information Systems sector in Europe achieve its business objectives
including providing strategic guidance to help support current programmes,
encourage growth and assist with the development of new business
opportunities.

"The UK is one of our most important markets and a platform for growth
into export markets around the world. We work closely with our customers
across a range of important areas including unmanned ground vehicles, command
and control systems, air traffic management in the UK and Norway, civil IT
systems and cyber security. This appointment will help to reinforce our UK
presence, enable us to interact productively with our customer base and
achieve greater integration of our European business entities", said Linda
Mills, president of Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector. "We are
delighted that Sir Nigel will be joining our Information Systems Europe
organization as chief executive, and we look forward to the contributions he
will make towards the continued success and growth of our business."

Sir Nigel served for 40-years in the Royal Navy following a varied career
of which a large part was spent at sea worldwide in surface ships ranging
from patrol boat to aircraft carrier. In his final naval appointments he
served first as Commander-in-Chief Fleet where he also held the dual NATO
appointments as Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic Area and Commander Allied
Naval Forces North West Europe. From there he assumed the role of
professional head of the Royal Navy when he took over as First Sea Lord and
Chief of Naval Staff in 2001.

He became a consultant to Northrop Grumman in the UK in 2003 and
performed several advisory roles until, in January 2009, he was appointed to
the newly created position of non-executive Chairman of Northrop Grumman UK.

Northrop Grumman has a well established presence in the UK with a
heritage that spans 100 years. It provides a variety of advanced technology
solutions in support of programmes in the defence and security and resilience
markets. The company operates from primary locations in London, Fareham,
Chester, Coventry, New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington and Solihull and
provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine
navigation and naval systems, unmanned ground vehicles, C4I solutions and
mission planning, aircraft whole life support, IT systems and software
development.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose
120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in
aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical
services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Ken Beedle, +44(0)207-747-1910, +44(0)7787-174092, Ken.beedle at euro.ngc.com