Northrop Grumman remains upbeat about the future of its aerospace systems enterprise despite a modest decrease in first-quarter sales and ongoing budget uncertainty, thanks mostly to continued domestic investment and international interest in the RQ-4B Global Hawk, MQ-4C Triton and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye platforms. Following the release of first-quarter earnings on April 23, Wes Bush, Northrop's chairman, CEO and president, said most of the company's programs are well-supported in the fiscal year 2015 president's budget released in March, giving the...
