Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-01-30
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001133421-25-000006
Chunk: 14

Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-01-30
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 14
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 of the business.

We hold regular talent review discussions to ensure line of sight to talent at various levels of the organization. We refresh and review succession plans to ensure a robust pipeline of talent and business continuity with a tight linkage to development. We focus on accelerating learning and development of our leaders by providing a combination of experiences, exposure and education.

Our employee development programs strengthen employee skills aligned to our current and future business needs through on-the-job development, knowledge sharing and tools to support career growth. Employees utilize curated, career-specific resources such as My Learning Experience, a machine learning enabled content aggregator that creates a personalized learning experience for each employee. Our Education Assistance Program subsidizes tuition and other educational institution fees to support development through job-related degrees and certificates. Our early-in-career rotation program, Pathways, develops talent pipelines with both depth of critical skills and breadth of experiences. Our technical cohort programs cultivate technical, domain expertise and collaborative thought leadership for early through advanced career levels.

In a rapidly changing world, we maintain focus on keeping our team and our company prepared for the evolving future of work. In addition to offering our employees flexible work arrangements, caregiver support and mental health services that help our employees make their careers work within their lives, we also help our employees build the careers that will serve them into the future. We ensure that our employees have the tools and resources to develop their knowledge base and skill sets, so they can continue to thrive at Northrop Grumman even in the midst of change. When our employees succeed and grow at work, our business succeeds and grows. Through a focus on our employees, we remain agile and innovative, adapting to the future as it unfolds before us. 

Employee Health and Safety

Health and safety are foundational to our success. People are our most valuable resource and we prioritize occupational health and safety to position the company for long-term success.

Training and risk and hazard identification, mitigation and prevention are key components of Northrop Grumman’s safety program. Everyone has a responsibility to identify workplace hazards, and employees may raise concerns without fear of reprisal. We evaluate the effectiveness of our health and safety programs by conducting trend analyses of our past performance and externally through benchmarking with industry peers and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Collective Agreements 

Approximately 4,100 employees are covered by 15 collective agreements in the U.S., of which we negotiated five renewals in 2024 and expect to negotiate seven renewals in 2025.

See “Risk Factors” for further discussion regarding risks