Northrop Grumman reports third-quarter results on Tuesday

Northrop Grumman Corporation confirmed it will report its third-quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, before the market opens.

For the third quarter of 2026, the consensus estimate projects earnings of 7.24 USD per share and revenue of 11.25 billion USD. Over the last four quarters, the company beat consensus earnings estimates in all four periods, exceeding expectations by 0.4% to 17.6%.

Independent publishers track similar expectations. Zacks Investment Research compiled a consensus earnings estimate of 7.21 USD per share, while Barchart tracked a consensus forecast of 7.26 USD per share. On revenue, Tickeron compiled a consensus estimate of 11.13 billion USD.

On 15 September 2026, Northrop Grumman secured a 4.8 billion USD contract from the U.S. Army for CIRCM systems through September 2035 and raised its full-year 2026 sales and earnings-per-share guidance. On 17 September 2026, the company reported a record order backlog driven by demand for programs such as the B-21 bomber and Sentinel missile systems. Earlier, on 14 September 2026, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force completed the vertical stacking and assembly of the inert LGM-35A Sentinel missile ahead of planned flight tests.

Contract awards and technological milestones continued into late September and October. The company secured a contract worth up to 123.8 million USD from the U.S. Navy for 67 F-35 APG-85 radars on 25 September 2026. On 2 October 2026, it unveiled FORTITUDE, a miniature gallium nitride chip designed for defense, satellite, and 6G applications. Air & Space Forces Magazine reported that the YFQ-48A Talon Blue collaborative combat aircraft completed its maiden autonomous flight on 3 October 2026. Northrop Grumman then received a 66 million USD delivery order on 6 October 2026 for MQ-4C Triton upgrades through June 2030, and announced on 8 October 2026 the integration of SRC's Gryphon R1810 radar into its Raid Hunter counter-drone system.