R&D expense · 2011–2025

Northrop Grumman R&D expense

$1.1B0.0% · FY2025

Northrop Grumman (NOC) reported $1.1B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, 0.0% year on year.

$543M2011$520M2012$507M2013$569M2014$712M2015$705M2016$639M2017$764M2018$953M2019$1.1B2020$1.1B2021$1.2B2022$1.2B2023$1.1B2024$1.1B2025
Northrop Grumman — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.1B0.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.1B−8.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.2B0.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.2B+9.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.1B0.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$1.1B+15.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$953M+24.7%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$764M+19.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$639M−9.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$705M−1.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$712M+25.1%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$569M+12.2%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$507M−2.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$520M−4.2%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$543M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +5.2%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Northrop Grumman R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001133421-26-000003 · January 27, 2026

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