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        <issuerName>NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NOC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>LIVANOS ALEXANDER C</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1840 CENTURY PARK EAST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ANGELES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90067</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Corp. VP &amp; Pres. Space Tech.</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right-to-Buy)</value>
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                <value>44.99</value>
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                <value>2009-02-17</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2010-02-17</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-02-17</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Total amount includes 16,000 unvested Restricted Performance Stock Rights (RPSRs) granted under the 2001 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan (LTISP) on 2/28/07 with a valuation of performance measurement period (&quot;measurement period&quot;) ending on 12/31/09; and 11,400 unvested RPSRs granted under the 2001 LTISP on 2/27/08, with the measurement period ending on 12/31/10. Grants awarded pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The measurement period for this installment of Restricted Performance Stock Rights (RPSRs) ended on 12/31/06 and the payout of those shares and determination of the number of additional shares for the payout was effective 2/21/07.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Total amount includes 16,000 unvested Restricted Performance Stock Rights (RPSRs) granted under the 2001 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan (LTISP) on 2/28/07 with a valuation of performance measurement period (&quot;measurement period&quot;) ending on 12/31/09; 11,400 unvested RPSRs granted under the 2001 LTISP on 2/27/08, with the measurement period ending on 12/31/10; and 12,200 unvested RPSRs granted under the 2001 LTISP on 2/17/09 with the measurement period ending on 12/31/11. Grants awarded pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The option vests over a period of three years to the extent of one-third (33%) annual equal installments on 2/17/10, 2/17/11 and 2/17/12.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kathleen M. Salmas, Attorney-in-fact for Alexander C. Livanos</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
