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{{done}} Thank you. [[User:JanAtNorthropGrumman|JanAtNorthropGrumman]] ([[User talk:JanAtNorthropGrumman|talk]]) 13:19, 19 March 2019 (UTC) |
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:And thank you to {{u|JanAtNorthropGrumman}} for not only taking the time to list out all the issues with the article in need of updating or correction, and adding sources for support, but for also doing so here on the talk page to help avoid any COI issues. It's rare that this happens, (or at least, it doesn't happen as often as is should). And thank you to user {{u|ZLEA}} for responding and implementing the edits. Its nice to see the system work as it should. Both of you deserve "Team-work Barnstars" (which have now been given). Cheers to both of you. - [[User:Thewolfchild|<span style="color: black">wolf</span>]] 01:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC) |
:And thank you to {{u|JanAtNorthropGrumman}} for not only taking the time to list out all the issues with the article in need of updating or correction, and adding sources for support, but for also doing so here on the talk page to help avoid any COI issues. It's rare that this happens, (or at least, it doesn't happen as often as is should). And thank you to user {{u|ZLEA}} for responding and implementing the edits. Its nice to see the system work as it should. Both of you deserve "Team-work Barnstars" (which have now been given). Cheers to both of you. - [[User:Thewolfchild|<span style="color: black">wolf</span>]] 01:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC) |
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== Updates to corporate information == |
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Hello, I'm Jan. As an employee at [[Northrop Grumman]], I am interested in helping the Wikipedia community improve the company article. I am familiar with Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines and will do my due diligence to ensure that I am following the rules, only posting on designated Talk pages. |
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I would like to offer a new section that consolidates the ''Corporate governance'' and ''Corporate headquarters'' sections into one, and include some basic company stats. The result is a section I named ''Corporate affairs'', yet I'm open to other headers. The section includes an overview of the company's structure and size, then summarizes info on the company's headquarters and its move (the live article contains a lot of minutia), and updates the company's governance to reflect the current leadership change. Also, I removed Gloria Flach from the corporate headquarters information, as she retired. |
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Northrop Grumman is publicly traded on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] under the ticker symbol NOC.<ref name="Stockinfo">{{cite news |title=Northrop Grumman Corp |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview/NOC.N |accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref> The company is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and employs about 85,000 people companywide, as of 2018.<ref name-"Jackman">{{cite news |last1=Jackman |first1=Tom |title=Northrop Grumman opens its HQ in Falls Church |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 23, 2011 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-state-of-nova/post/northrop-grumman-opens-its-hq-in-falls-church/2011/09/23/gIQAFZoIrK_blog.html?utm_term=.742b44a389ea |accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref><ref name="BusinessJournals">{{cite web |title=Northrop Grumman Corp. |work=[[The Business Journals]] |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/profile/company/org_ch_70f446c383d2006f72e60e5f488a7f0c?iana=comcard_seefull |accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, Northrop Grumman was the fourth-largest defense firm in the world, according to ''[[Defense News]]''.<ref name="DefenseNews2018">{{cite web |title=Top 100 for 2018 |work=[[Defense News]] |date=2018 |url=https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/ |accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref> |
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Prior to moving to Falls Church in 2011,<ref name-"Jackman"/> Northrop Grumman was headquartered in [[Century City, Los Angeles]].<ref>Hyland, Alexa. "[http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=07175868.47501302.1869270.3457087.7229868.368&aID2=143781 SoCal’s Aerospace Sector Still Has Lots of Lift]{{dead link|date=July 2011}}." ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]''. January 11, 2010<!--Date indicated on the page-->. Retrieved January 10, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.northropgrumman.com/locations/index.html Company Locations]." ''Northrop Grumman''. Retrieved May 12, 2009.</ref> Northrop Grumman announced plans on January 4, 2010 to move to the [[Washington metropolitan area]] to be closer to government customers.<ref name="CroweMove">Crowe, Deborah. "[http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=143693 Northrop to Move Corporate Office to D.C.]{{dead link|date=July 2011}}." ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]''. January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/economy-watch/2010/01/northrop_grumman_moving_hq_to.html?wpisrc=newsletter The Ticker]." ''The Washington Post'', January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2010.</ref> Then-CEO [[Wesley G. Bush]] stated that the company needed to be located close to [[Capitol Hill]] lawmakers and officials from intelligence and military communities.<ref name="ProctorFlew">Proctor, Charles. "[http://www.labusinessjournal.com Northrop Flew Under the Radar]." ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]''. January 11, 2010. Retrieved: January 10, 2010.{{subscription required}}</ref> |
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Northrop Grumman's CEO is [[Kathy J. Warden]], who succeeded Bush on January 1, 2019.<ref name=Fortune>{{cite journal |title=#22: Kathy Warden |journal=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |url=http://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/michelle-gass-21/ |accessdate=November 30, 2018}}</ref> Warden previously served as [[president (corporate title)|president]] and [[chief operating officer]].<ref name="Wilkers">{{cite journal |last1=Wilkers |first1=Ross |title=Northrop CEO Wes Bush to retire, Kathy Warden named successor |journal=[[Washington Technology]] |date=July 12, 2018 |url=https://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2018/07/12/northrop-ceo-transition.aspx |accessdate=November 30, 2018}}</ref> The company is governed by a [[board of directors]], which is chaired by Bush, the former CEO.<ref name="Washington-2018">{{cite news |title=Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush to step down, reveals transition plan |last1=Terry |first1=Robert J. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/07/12/northrop-grumman-ceo-wes-bush-to-step-down.html |work=Washington Business Journal |date=12 July 2018 |accessdate=February 5, 2019}}</ref> |
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From 1990 to 2003, before the merger with Grumman in 1994, [[Kent Kresa]] was the [[CEO]] of the company, who led a serial-acquisition strategy with a total of 15 additional acquisitions from 1994 to 2003, including [[Litton Industries|Litton]], [[Logicon]], [[Westinghouse Electronic Systems|Westinghouse]]'s defense electronics business, Ryan Aeronautical, [[Newport News Shipbuilding]], and TRW. He then retired in 2003 at age 65.<ref name="Wayne">{{cite news |last1=Wayne |first1=Leslie |title=Northrop Elevates Its President To Complete Succession Plan |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 20, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/business/northrop-elevates-its-president-to-complete-succession-plan.html |accessdate=March 6, 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2003, [[Ronald Sugar]], the former [[chief operating officer]], took over as CEO.<ref name=bb20030106>{{cite news |first=Seth |last=Lubove |url=https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2003/0106/102.html |title=Company of the Year: Northrop—We See You, Saddam |work=[[Forbes]] |date=January 6, 2003 |access-date=August 24, 2011}}</ref> Effective October 1, 2003, Sugar also served as the company [[chairman]] of the board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/northrop-grumman-elects-ronald-d-sugar-chairman-of-the-board-71103752.html|title=Northrop Grumman Elects Ronald D. Sugar Chairman of the Board|date=September 17, 2003|access-date=December 10, 2015}}</ref> |
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In January 2010, [[Wes Bush]] succeeded as CEO and became company president.<ref name=fm20090916>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=awNvIV4IfBdk |work=Bloomberg |title=Northrop's Sugar to Retire; Wesley Bush Named Chief (Update2) |date=September 16, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017094530/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=awNvIV4IfBdk |archivedate=October 17, 2015 }}</ref> He previously served as chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and president.<ref name="CFO">{{cite news |title=Northrop Grumman's chief financial officer departs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/business/company-news-northrop-grummans-chief-financial-officer-departs.html |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=18 January 2005 |accessdate=January 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="LATimes-2010">{{cite news |title=New Northrop Grumman CEO Wesley Bush shows why he got the job |last1=Hennigan |first1=W.J. |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/07/business/la-fi-northrop-bush7-2010jan07 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=7 January 2010 |accessdate=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="President">{{cite news |title=Northrop Grumman unveils leadership changes in wake of Orbital acquisition |last=Terry |first=Robert J. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/09/27/northrop-grumman-unveils-leadership-changes-in.html |work=[[American City Business Journals|Washington Business Journal]] |date=September 27, 2017 |accessdate=January 2, 2019}}</ref> |
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My hope is that someone will review and implement these suggestions if they see fit. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any feedback or questions. Thank you! [[User:JanAtNorthropGrumman|JanAtNorthropGrumman]] ([[User talk:JanAtNorthropGrumman|talk]]) 19:41, 29 March 2019 (UTC) |
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Hello, I'm Jan. As an employee at Northrop Grumman, I am interested in helping the Wikipedia community improve the company article. I am familiar with Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines and will do my due diligence to ensure that I am following the rules, only posting on designated Talk pages.
I would like to offer some updated, reliable sourcing to replace some of the primary sourcing throughout History, reduce the amount of "citation needed" warnings, and source presently unsourced information. Below is text from the article with citations I added where needed:
- In 1994, Northrop Aircraft bought Grumman Aerospace, which built the Apollo Lunar Module[1] to create Northrop Grumman (NG).[2]
- In 1996, the new company acquired Westinghouse Electronic Systems, a major manufacturer of radar systems,[3] and Xetron Corporation. In 1997, the defense computer contractor Logicon was added, which had acquired Geodynamics Corporation in March 1996 and Syscon Corporation in February 1995.[4][5]
- In 1999, the company acquired Teledyne Ryan, developer of surveillance systems and unmanned aircraft, California Microwave, Inc., and the Data Procurement Corporation.[6][7][8]
- In 1999, Northrop Grumman and SAIC created AMSEC LLC as a joint venture, which grew "from $100 million in revenue in 2000 to approximately $500 million in fiscal year 2007."[9]
- In 2000, NG acquired Federal Data Corporation, Navia Aviation As, Comptek Research, Inc., and Sterling Software, Inc.[10]
- In 2001, the company acquired Litton Industries, a shipbuilder and defense electronics systems provider for the U.S. Navy.[11]
- Later that year, Newport News Shipbuilding was added.[12]
- In 2002, Northrop Grumman acquired TRW Inc.,[13] which had acquired Braddock Dunn & McDonald (BDM) in 1997, and became the Space Technology sector based in Redondo Beach, California, and the Mission Systems sector based in Reston, Virginia, with sole interest in their space systems and laser systems manufacturing.[14] The Aeronautical division was sold to Goodrich, and the automotive divisions were spun off and retained the TRW name.[15]
- Northrop Grumman partnered with EADS from the mid-2000s to offer the KC-30 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft[16]
- On January 1, 2006, Northrop Grumman opened its business sector called 'Technical Services'.[17]
- Northrop Grumman and Boeing collaborated on a design concept for NASA's upcoming Orion spacecraft (previously the Crew Exploration Vehicle), but the contract went to rival Lockheed Martin on August 31, 2006.[18]
- In February 2008 the U.S. Air Force chose KC-30,[19]
- In January 2008, Northrop Grumman combined its Newport News and Ship Systems sectors into a new business unit named Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding[20]
- In November 2010, NASA selected Northrop Grumman for consideration of potential contract awards for heavy lift launch vehicle system concepts, and propulsion technologies.[21]
- The acquired company assets and naming were absorbed and become a division named Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.[22]
I will continue to find more sourcing to improve references throughout the article. Meantime, this is a start! My hope is that someone will review and implement these suggestions if they see fit. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any feedback or questions. Thank you! JanAtNorthropGrumman (talk) 18:06, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
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Done Thank you. JanAtNorthropGrumman (talk) 13:19, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- And thank you to JanAtNorthropGrumman for not only taking the time to list out all the issues with the article in need of updating or correction, and adding sources for support, but for also doing so here on the talk page to help avoid any COI issues. It's rare that this happens, (or at least, it doesn't happen as often as is should). And thank you to user ZLEA for responding and implementing the edits. Its nice to see the system work as it should. Both of you deserve "Team-work Barnstars" (which have now been given). Cheers to both of you. - wolf 01:37, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
Updates to corporate information
Hello, I'm Jan. As an employee at Northrop Grumman, I am interested in helping the Wikipedia community improve the company article. I am familiar with Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines and will do my due diligence to ensure that I am following the rules, only posting on designated Talk pages.
I would like to offer a new section that consolidates the Corporate governance and Corporate headquarters sections into one, and include some basic company stats. The result is a section I named Corporate affairs, yet I'm open to other headers. The section includes an overview of the company's structure and size, then summarizes info on the company's headquarters and its move (the live article contains a lot of minutia), and updates the company's governance to reflect the current leadership change. Also, I removed Gloria Flach from the corporate headquarters information, as she retired.
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Corporate affairs
Northrop Grumman is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NOC.[1] The company is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and employs about 85,000 people companywide, as of 2018.[2][3] As of 2017[update], Northrop Grumman was the fourth-largest defense firm in the world, according to Defense News.[4] Prior to moving to Falls Church in 2011,Cite error: The opening Northrop Grumman's CEO is Kathy J. Warden, who succeeded Bush on January 1, 2019.[10] Warden previously served as president and chief operating officer.[11] The company is governed by a board of directors, which is chaired by Bush, the former CEO.[12] From 1990 to 2003, before the merger with Grumman in 1994, Kent Kresa was the CEO of the company, who led a serial-acquisition strategy with a total of 15 additional acquisitions from 1994 to 2003, including Litton, Logicon, Westinghouse's defense electronics business, Ryan Aeronautical, Newport News Shipbuilding, and TRW. He then retired in 2003 at age 65.[13] In 2003, Ronald Sugar, the former chief operating officer, took over as CEO.[14] Effective October 1, 2003, Sugar also served as the company chairman of the board.[15] In January 2010, Wes Bush succeeded as CEO and became company president.[16] He previously served as chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and president.[17][18][19] References
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