Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Celebrates Opening of New High-Tech Facility in...

Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Celebrates Opening of New High-Tech Facility
in Slidell, La.

SLIDELL, La., Nov. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation
(NYSE:NOC) celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting of its new high-tech
geospatial facility today in Slidell, La., as part of the Eastern Louisiana
Consolidation Project, continuing the company's strong presence in the state.

A photo accompanying this release is available at
http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=6817

The ceremony was held at 4 p.m. CST at 2050 Gause Blvd. E., in Slidell.

Highlighting the occasion were remarks from John Olesak, vice president of
integrated intelligence for Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector, and
Ben Morris, mayor of the city of Slidell, La.

"The grand opening of Northrop Grumman's Slidell Campus not only represents a
significant addition to the local business community, but also our commitment to
bring cutting-edge innovation to the area," said Olesak. "The capabilities
available through this new facility, including Light Detection and Ranging
(LiDAR), are at the forefront of the geospatial industry and are shaping the
technology available now, and in the future."

The new Slidell campus combined two existing Northrop Grumman offices, a
temporary Slidell office and an office at Stennis Space Center in Miss. The new
20,000 square-foot facility will bring 75 high-tech jobs, including 50 new
positions to St. Tammany Parish, enabling Northrop Grumman to continue its role
as a strong local employer.

"Expanding and retaining Louisiana's existing companies is our top economic
priority, and today's milestone is another reminder that our efforts are
working," said Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana. "It's also a reminder that,
despite the national recession, companies have continued expanding and investing
in Louisiana."

The Slidell campus is a Northrop Grumman LiDAR Center of Excellence, broadening
the company's scope of capabilities throughout Louisiana. The site supports
terrestrial elevation, watershed, flood, bare earth and surface modeling,
volumetric and permeability solutions, and feature extraction data.

Northrop Grumman acquired 3001 International in October 2008. With this
acquisition, Northrop Grumman now provides full end-to-end geospatial
capabilities including airborne imaging, surveying, mapping and geographic
information systems for domestic and international government intelligence,
defense and civilian customers.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000
employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace,
electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to
government and commercial customers worldwide.

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CONTACT: Megan Mitchell
Northrop Grumman Information Systems
(571) 205-1093
megan.mitchell@ngc.com