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Who Northrop Grumman buys from and sells to

Defence prime building the B-21 bomber, Sentinel ICBM, solid rocket motors, space systems and F-35 fuselages.

Part of Defence and Rearmament spending

Sells to 4

  • US Department of DefenseB-21, Sentinel, space and mission systems84% of 2025 sales from US government (FY2025 10-K)
  • Lockheed MartinLMTF-35 centre fuselages and radars
  • NASAsolid rocket boosters for SLS
  • United Launch AllianceGEM 63 strap-on boosters for Atlas V and Vulcan

Where the chain could break

  • 84% of sales from the US government; B-21 is fixed-price LRIP that already took a $477M loss
  • One of two US suppliers of large solid rocket motors, so its capacity limits missile output

Competes with

Mapped by hand from filings and company reporting, as of October 2026. It shows the relationships that matter most, not every contract: most are never disclosed, and agreements change.

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