Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American aerospace and defense company that designs and manufactures systems for aeronautics, defense, missions, and space. Headquartered in West Falls Church, Virginia, the company is the fifth-largest contractor of the U.S. federal government; it receives over 2% of all federal government spending at contractors. The company was formed in 1994 through the merger of Northrop Corporation and Grumman Aerospace. It is ranked 110th on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. In 2024, 87% of the company's revenues came from the US federal government, while 12% was from international sources. Northrop Grumman and its industry partners have won the Collier Trophy nine times, including for the development and production of the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021.