Company: NOC
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001133421-25-000053
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Company: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
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 on unrecognized tax benefits.

See Note 4 to the financial statements for additional information.

Net Earnings

Current Quarter

Third quarter 2025 net earnings increased $74 million, or 7 percent, primarily due to the $122 million increase in operating income described above as well as a $62 million increase in returns on marketable securities, partially offset by a $61 million increase in income tax expense and a $32 million reduction in the non-operating FAS pension benefit.

Year to DateYear to date 2025 net earnings decreased $155 million, or 5 percent, primarily due to a $100 million reduction in the non-operating FAS pension benefit, lower interest income on short-term investments, and the $41 million decrease in operating income described above, partially offset by a $78 million increase in returns on marketable securities.

Diluted Earnings Per Share

Current Quarter

Third quarter 2025 diluted earnings per share increased 10 percent, reflecting a 7 percent increase in net earnings and a 2 percent reduction in weighted-average diluted shares outstanding.

Year to Date

Year to date 2025 diluted earnings per share decreased 3 percent, reflecting a 5 percent decrease in net earnings and a 3 percent reduction in weighted-average diluted shares outstanding.

SEGMENT OPERATING RESULTS

Basis of Presentation

The company is aligned in four operating sectors, which also comprise our reportable segments: Aeronautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems and Space Systems.

Effective July 1, 2024, the company realigned the SDS division, which includes the Sentinel program, from Space Systems to Defense Systems. Effective January 1, 2025, the company realigned the SSAS business unit from Defense Systems to Aeronautics Systems. These realignments are reflected in the financial information contained in this report.

Operating Performance Assessment and Reporting

This section discusses segment sales, operating income and operating margin rates. In evaluating segment operating performance, we look primarily at changes in sales and operating income. Where applicable, significant fluctuations in operating performance attributable to individual contracts or programs, or changes in a specific cost element across multiple contracts, are described in our analysis. Based on this approach and the nature of our operations, the discussion of results of operations below first focuses on our four segments before distinguishing between products and services. Changes in sales are generally described in terms of volume, while changes in margin rates are generally described in terms of performance and/or contract mix. For purposes of this discussion, volume generally refers to