Northrop Grumman Corp.
Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corp. in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. promoted John C. Johnson to vice president of the electronic systems sector and general manager of the aerospace systems division, Joseph J. Ensor to vice president of the combat avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. systems business unit, and Ian V. Ziskin to corporate vice president and chief human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and administrative officer. Johnson was previously vice president of the combat avionics systems business unit, Ensor was vice president of combat avionics programs and Ziskin was vice president of human resources and leadership strategy.
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