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Item 8.01 Other Events

Furnished as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the following materials from Northrop Grumman Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 10, 2009, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and
(iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The purpose of submitting these XBRL-formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors and others should continue to rely on the official version of the filing and not rely on the XBRL-related documents in making investment decisions. In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.      Description

    100          The following materials from Northrop Grumman Corporation's Annual
                 Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on
                 February 10, 2009, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting
                 Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and
                 Comprehensive (Loss) Income, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of
                 Financial Position, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows,
                 and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders'
                 Equity.

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Signature(s) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (Registrant)

March 20, 2009 By: /s/ Joseph F. Coyne, Jr.

(Date) (Signature)
Joseph F. Coyne, Jr. Corporate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

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