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NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Mar 20, 2009)

Filed March 20, 2009For Securities:NOC

Summary

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on March 20, 2009, primarily to furnish XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) formatted financial data from its previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. This filing includes XBRL versions of the company's Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Financial Position, Cash Flows, and Changes in Shareholders’ Equity. It is crucial for investors to understand that this specific 8-K filing is for testing purposes related to XBRL technology. The company explicitly advises users that the XBRL financial information is unaudited and should not be relied upon for investment decisions. Investors should continue to refer to the official, audited versions of the company's financial statements, as filed in its 10-K, for accurate financial reporting and decision-making.

Key Highlights

  • 1Northrop Grumman furnished XBRL-formatted financial statements from its 2008 10-K filing.
  • 2The XBRL data includes Consolidated Statements of Operations, Financial Position, Cash Flows, and Shareholders' Equity.
  • 3This 8-K filing is primarily for testing XBRL formatting and technology.
  • 4The furnished XBRL financial information is explicitly stated as unaudited.
  • 5Investors are cautioned to rely on the official 10-K filing, not this XBRL data, for investment decisions.
  • 6Information in this report is not considered 'filed' for Section 18 liability purposes.

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to furnish XBRL-formatted financial data from Northrop Grumman's previously filed 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, specifically for testing XBRL technology and formatting.

No, investors are strongly advised against relying on the XBRL financial data provided in this filing for investment decisions. The company explicitly states that this XBRL data is unaudited and for testing purposes only. Investors should continue to refer to the official, audited financial statements in the original 10-K filing.

The XBRL-formatted documents include the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the year ended December 31, 2008.

No, this filing does not introduce new financial results or operational updates. It solely provides the existing financial data from the 2008 10-K in a different, XBRL format for technological testing.