{"id":44860,"date":"2018-01-29T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:40:30","slug":"northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative technology once it closes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2017\/09\/18\/northrop-grumman-approaching-deal-for-75b-purchase-of-orbital-atk\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">its acquisition of Orbital ATK<\/a> this year, a top Northrop executive said during a Thursday earnings call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/air-force-association\/2017\/09\/19\/secaf-no-concerns-over-northrop-orbital-agreement\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">we prepare for integration<\/a>, we are making good progress in our plans to combine our two outstanding companies after close,\u201d said Kathy Warden, Northrop president and chief operating officer, adding that she continues to expect the transaction to close in the first half of 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe that after the transaction has completed, our collective set of market-leading technologies and products, along with very compatible, innovation-focused cultures, will enable us to better serve our customers\u2019 current and emerging needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/air-force-association\/2017\/09\/19\/secaf-no-concerns-over-northrop-orbital-agreement\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20170918_AFA_Sec-Wilson11.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force secretary: No concerns over Northrop-Orbital agreement<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson has no concerns \u201cat this point\u201d over Northrop Grumman\u2019s proposed acquisition of Orbital ATK, but said the service will keep a close eye on how things move forward.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies plan to launch Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems later this year in the hopes of further driving the creation of new, cutting-edge technologies. That new sector will join Northrop\u2019s aerospace systems, mission systems and technology services businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blake Larson, Orbital ATK\u2019s chief operating officer, will lead Innovation Systems, Warden said. Meanwhile, Scott Lehr, Mike Kahn and Frank Culbertson \u2014 Orbital\u2019s presidents for its flight, defense and space systems businesses, respectively \u2014 will retain their current roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaintaining this leadership team will ensure operational continuity and facilitate the integration of our two companies. We believe our combination represents a powerful opportunity to better serve customers through accelerated innovations applied to new product development and enhancement of our current offerings,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop and Orbital ATK reached an agreement in September that would allow the former company to buy the latter at a price of about $9.2 billion. The deal was seen by market analysts as a smart way for Northrop to increase its expertise in space systems, a key sales area of Orbital ATK where Northrop has historically lagged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since that announcement, Orbital ATK shareholders have approved the deal, and the Federal Trade Commission is currently reviewing the proposed transaction in consultation with the Defense Department, said Warden, who declined to provide further details on when the buy would be completed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":49,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,12,49,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3384],"class_list":["post-44860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-industry","category-techwatch","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"XXMK2QKMVVHDNNPNPCPGMS33K4","arc_canonical_url":"\/industry\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-29T17:18:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T23:40:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Valerie Insinna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Valerie Insinna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-01-29T17:18:20+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T23:40:30+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 343,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Industry\",\n\t                \"MilTech\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2018-01-29T17:18:20+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T23:40:30+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/29\\\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Industry\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"industry\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"MilTech\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/industry\\\/techwatch\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"miltech\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 4,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector - Defense News","description":"Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector","og_description":"Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2018-01-29T17:18:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-07T23:40:30+00:00","author":"Valerie Insinna","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Valerie Insinna","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector","datePublished":"2018-01-29T17:18:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T23:40:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/"},"wordCount":343,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Industry","MilTech","Newsletters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/","name":"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-29T17:18:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T23:40:30+00:00","description":"Northrop Grumman will form a new business sector focused on new, innovative tech once it closes on its acquisition of Orbital ATK this year, a top Northrop executive revealed during an earnings call.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2018\/01\/29\/northrop-to-create-new-innovation-biz-sector\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Industry","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/","ad_zone":"industry"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MilTech","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/","ad_zone":"miltech"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Northrop Grumman to create new \u2018innovation\u2019 business sector"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northrop-grumman-logo.jpg_4cf741.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76374,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44860\/revisions\/76374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44860"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=44860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}