Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President · Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)

Kathy Warden

A named executive officer of Northrop Grumman in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$25,357,443

FY2023: $24,737,493

1st of 5 named executive officers at Northrop Grumman by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Northrop Grumman, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 3, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Kathy Warden compensation by year

Northrop Grumman Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Northrop Grumman reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$772,500$807,116$963,462$1,488,462$1,536,346$1,589,439$1,640,388$1,730,769$1,840,385
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0
Stock awards$3,499,856$3,499,993$9,999,869$13,000,159$13,499,889$13,500,119$14,250,021$16,000,440$16,750,230
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0—$0
Non-equity incentive$1,272,000$1,061,000$1,920,000$4,509,000$3,977,000$3,744,000$3,979,800$5,082,875$4,218,000
Pension and deferred compensation$200,220$388,015$0$687,615$1,144,248$371,464$0$1,205,310$1,270,017
All other$165,596$206,548$458,976$622,758$649,661$671,745$801,863$718,099$1,278,811
Total$5,910,172$5,962,672$13,342,307$20,307,994$20,807,144$19,876,767$20,672,072$24,737,493$25,357,443

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Northrop Grumman Corporation DEF 14A filed April 3, 2026, accession 0001133421-26-000007, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Northrop Grumman Corporation filed document, accession 0001133421-26-000007. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 3, 2026.

$5.9M
$6.0M
$13.3M
$20.3M
$20.8M
$19.9M
$20.7M
$24.7M
$25.4M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU25,628$14,613,342—
PSU24,309$13,861,235—
PSU23,342$13,309,842—
RSU11,752$6,701,108—
RSU11,155$6,360,693—
RSU10,760$6,135,460—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Northrop Grumman Corporation's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 3, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-19Grant or award derivative—35,910$0.0035,910

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Northrop Grumman’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kathy Warden · this pageChair, Chief Executive Officer and President$25,357,443
Robert FlemingCorporate Vice President and President, Space Systems$6,173,251
Roshan RoederCorporate Vice President and President, Mission Systems$5,726,054
Thomas JonesCorporate Vice President and President, Aeronautics Systems$5,583,081
Kenneth CrewsCorporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$5,162,665

Board service

Northrop Grumman board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Northrop Grumman pays directors a $145,000 cash retainer and $182,500 in Automatic Stock Units. As stated in Northrop Grumman's FY2025 proxy.

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