SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
BUSH WESLEY G

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE

(Street)
FALLS CHURCH VA 22042-4511

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ [ NOC ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chmn., CEO and Pres.
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/19/2011
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/19/2011 P 5,000 A $49.75(1) 147,688 I Trustee: WG&F Bush Family Trust
Common Stock 317,379(2) D
Common Stock 4,818.42 I See footnote(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
SEP Unit (4) (5) (5) Common Stock 2,883.2186 2,883.2186 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents the weighted average purchase price of $49.75 rounded to the nearest hundredths. The highest price which the shares were purchased was $49.790 and the lowest price which the shares were purchased was $49.690.
2. Total amount includes 57,250 unvested RPSRs granted under the LTISP on 2/17/09 with a measurement period ending on 12/31/11; 109,650 RPSRs granted under the LTISP on 2/16/10 with the measurement period ending on 12/31/12; 61,636 RPSRs granted under the LTISP on 2/15/11 with the measurement period ending on 12/31/13; and 61,636 Restricted Stock Rights ("RSRs") granted under the LTISP on 2/15/11 and cliff vests 100% on the fourth anniversary from the grant date on 2/15/15. Grants awarded pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d).
3. Held in the Northrop Grumman Savings and Investment Plan, a qualified profit sharing plan, as of July 29, 2011. Share totals with respect to the Plan are based upon unit accounting and therefore may reflect a decrease in units attributable to an individual though no disposition occurred.
4. SEP units credited under the Northrop Grumman Savings Excess Plan (the "SEP Plan"), a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, as of July 29, 2011. The value of each unit is based on the price of Issuer common stock, although share totals with respect to the SEP Plan are based upon unit accounting and therefore may reflect a decrease in units attributable to an individual though no disposition occurred.
5. SEP units are payable in cash following termination of the Reporting Person's employment with the Issuer.
Jennifer C. McGarey, Attorney-in-Fact for Wesley G. Bush 08/23/2011
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Sheila C. Cheston and Jennifer C. McGarey, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
director of Northrop Grumman Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such form 3, 4, or
5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 26th day of July, 2011.



       					/s/ Wesley G.
Bush_______________________
       					               Wesley G. Bush


Exhibit 24