Northrop Grumman's Operation IMPACT Honored With Private Employer of the Year Award

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation
(NYSE:NOC) has been honored by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational
Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Service with the 2009 VetSuccess Private
Employer of the Year Award.

VR&E selected Northrop Grumman based on the company's significant hiring of
veterans with disabilities. The award is the most recent recognition of
Operation IMPACT (Injured Military Pursuing Assisted Career Transition), a
Northrop Grumman program designed to provide assistance to severely injured
military service members and identify potential job and growth opportunities
across the company.

"Northrop Grumman is honored to have received such a prestigious award from the
Department of Veterans' Affairs VR&E Service," said Sandra Evers-Manly, vice
president of Corporate Responsibility for Northrop Grumman. "Operation IMPACT is
a unique program, one we're very proud of, that's doing something very real to
thank those people who have sacrificed so much for our country. These heroes
deserve all we can offer, and this program helps them transition into the
workplace while helping our company benefit from their talents and expertise."

Operation IMPACT began in 2005 as a Northrop Grumman initiative to provide
transition support and employment to service members severely injured in the
Global War on Terrorism. The program provides personalized one-on-one assistance
to support service members from initial job recruiting through on-the-job
follow-up. Once a candidate has been offered a position, the company provides
any special accommodations needed to enable an employee to do his or her job.
The program is open to spouses and parents of severely injured veterans, as well
as to widows and widowers of fallen service members. To date, the company has
placed Operation IMPACT employees in positions in 13 states.

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: Tom Henson
Northrop Grumman Corporation
(310) 201-3458
thomas.henson@ngc.com