# Who does Northrop Grumman pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/northrop-grumman · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-07-12T03:56:29.332+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Northrop Grumman's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include SpaceX plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 2 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### Firefly Aerospace (high)  → /firefly-aerospace.md
- metric: investment amount $50M · 2025-05 · Northrop's $50M equity stake in Firefly's Series D
- note: In May 2025 Northrop Grumman made a $50 million equity investment in Firefly Aerospace. The investment is part of Firefly's announced $175 million Series D round and is intended to accelerate production and testing of the medium-lift Eclipse launch vehicle (formerly MLV) the two companies are co-developing. Eclipse can place up to 16,300 kg into low Earth orbit and shares the Firefly-built first stage of the Antares 330.
- [confirms] SpaceNews (EN, news, published 2025-05-29) https://spacenews.com/northrop-invests-50-million-into-firefly-for-launch-vehicle-development/: "Northrop joined a $175 million Series D round that Firefly announced in November. Eclipse builds upon the existing partnership between Firefly and Northrop on the Antares 330, which replaces the Ukrainian-built first stage of the earlier Antares variant with one developed by Firefly."
- [confirms] Northrop Grumman (EN, ir, published 2025-05-29) https://news.northropgrumman.com/launch/Northrop-Grumman-Invests-50-Million-in-Firefly-Aerospace-to-Advance-Eclipse-Medium-Launch-Vehicle: "Northrop Grumman Corporation has invested $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further advance production of the companies' co-developed medium launch vehicle, now known as Eclipse."

### SpaceX (high)  → /spacex.md
- note: After the Antares 230+ rocket was retired in 2023 due to disrupted Ukrainian/Russian component supply, Northrop Grumman launches the Cygnus spacecraft on SpaceX's Falcon 9. Falcon 9 was used consecutively from NG-20 through NG-24, and the first Cygnus XL (NG-23) also flew on a Falcon 9 Block 5 in September 2025. SpaceX is a launch-services cost supplier.
- [confirms] Spaceflight Now (EN, news, published 2025-09-15) https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/09/15/northrop-grummans-1st-cygnus-xl-spacecraft-launches-on-cargo-run-to-the-space-station/: "The NG-23 mission launched aboard a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket; it is one of a series of Cygnus missions flying on Falcon 9 to support Northrop's Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA following the retirement of Antares."

### 공급망 바스켓 (비공개) (mid)
- note: Northrop Grumman relies on single- or sole-source suppliers for certain components including microelectronics and solid rocket motor raw materials. The 10-K notes challenges obtaining certain raw materials due to inflation, geopolitical conflicts and microelectronics shortages. Individual suppliers and amounts are not disclosed.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-01-29) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001133421/000113342126000003/noc-20251231.htm: "This risk is increased for products and services that are single or sole source. For example, for some components, we may have had, or have, only one supplier, or one domestic supplier, that meets our needs."

Reverse side: https://valuechain.wiki/northrop-grumman/customers.md · Ripple: https://valuechain.wiki/northrop-grumman/ripple.md

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