EXPOSÉ: America's Investigative Reports . Friends in High Places

Introduction

Top Ten Federal Contractors

Top 10 Federal Contractors

Northrop Grumman Corp.

Total awards: $15,632,683,034

Awards from the Department of Defense: $13,742,026,915

What they do: The second leading contractor for the U.S. Navy behind Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman mainly designs and manufactures aircrafts and parts. The company is also a major supplier of IT services. After the 2001 acquisition of Newport News Shipbuilders, Northrop now holds the contract to construct all nuclear aircraft carriers and is one of only two manufacturers of nuclear submarines.

http://www.northropgrumman.com

DoD photo by: MCSN Santos Huante, USN

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Exposé: America's Investigative Reports is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York in association with the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Funders for Exposé: America's Investigative Reports include: Anderson Family Charitable Fund, The Jacob Burns Foundation, The Betsy & Jesse Fink Foundation, Philip Harper, Park Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Bernard & Irene Schwartz, and Tracy & Eric Semler.