BUSINESS
March 12, 2010
HERNDON, Va. - Northrop Grumman Corp. said on Thursday that it issued layoff notices to 180 employees at its Hagerstown maintenance and modification center. Northrop said the notices went out because it expects a lull in work at the center. The company said it expects to finish current projects with the Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in mid-June. The employees will remain at work at least until then, Northrop said. The company said it might have new work at the facility in the early fall.
BUSINESS
February 13, 2010
Northrop Grumman officials met privately Friday in Annapolis with Gov. Martin O'Malley as the defense company weighs whether to relocate its Los Angeles headquarters to Maryland, Virginia or the District of Columbia. Wesley G. Bush, chief executive officer, and Gaston Kent, a vice president in charge of the search for a new facility, attended the hourlong meeting at the State House. Christian Johansson, secretary of the state Department of Business and Economic Development, described meeting as "positive."
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By Lorraine Mirabella, The Baltimore Sun | October 28, 2010
Northrop Grumman Corp. is moving an engineering and fabrication operation from Virginia to Somerset County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, state and county officials said Thursday. The work supports a U.S. Navy contract. The company signed a lease for a 53,000-square-foot building in the Princess Anne Industrial Park in Princess Anne. The building, which the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development built in 2002 to attract companies to the area, had been occupied by Oddi Atlantic, a commercial printing business that shut down in 2008.
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By Andrea K. Walker, Jamie Smith Hopkins and Paul West, The Baltimore Sun | April 26, 2010
In a closely watched, highly competitive deal to lure the headquarters of one of the country's largest defense contractors, Northrop Grumman is rejecting Maryland and putting its main office in Virginia, the company confirmed Monday night. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia is expected to announce today that the company will relocate its California headquarters and 300 employees to his state, economic development officials confirmed. Gov. Martin O'Malley learned about the decision in a late afternoon call with Northrop chief executive Wesley G. Bush, said O'Malley spokesman Rick Abbruzzese.
BUSINESS
By Dana Hedgpeth and Thomas Heath and The Washington Post | January 5, 2010
Giant defense contractor Northrop Grumman said Monday that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to the Washington area by 2011, solidifying the growing importance of Washington as a center for the defense industry and other businesses. Northrop executives said they are looking for a site in Maryland, Virginia or the District and plan to identify one by this spring. The company, whose biggest customer is the Pentagon, makes military planes, tanks, ships and other equipment.
BUSINESS
By Jamie Smith Hopkins | jamie.smith.hopkins@baltsun.com | March 26, 2010
Gov. Martin O'Malley called Northrop Grumman Corp.'s chief executive Friday to make the state's final case for why the giant defense contractor should move its headquarters here, rather than to Washington or Virginia. Aides did not provide details but said it's a "competitive" offer with incentives such as grants and tax credits. Northrop Grumman, now based in Los Angeles, has said it is considering locations throughout the D.C. metro area and will probably make a decision in April.