Northrop Grumman (NG) is a major aerospace and defense company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, in the United States. In 2021, NG employed 97,000 people and had total sales of $36.8 billion. The company creates and delivers innovative solutions to address challenges across a broad spectrum of domains and disciplines. These include space, manned and autonomous aircraft systems, strategic deterrence systems, missile defense, weapons, cyber, logistics and modernization, advanced communication systems, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). NG leads or contribute to many high-priority defense and government projects. Most of its business is performed in partnership with the U.S. government—principally the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community. Additionally, NG performs a great deal of work for non-U.S. governments and commercial/international customers. NG is organized into four operating sectors: Aero-nautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems, and Space Systems. Aeronautics Systems sector is headquartered in Palm-dale, California. It designs, develops and produces autonomous and manned aircraft systems for battle management, strike and ISR.