Report: China building electromagnetic pulse weapons for use against U.S. carriers - Washington TimesThe medical research also appeared useful for China's military in making sure that EMP weapons used against Taiwan and “any vulnerable U.S. [aircraft carrier] would not push the U.S. across the nuclear-response threshold,” the report said.

This can't be good - the Chinese are working on limited EMP weapons for use on U.S. aircraft carriers defending Taiwan with the idea that such a weapon not cause the U.S. to respond with nuclear weapons. 

Northrop Grumman aircraft systems have electronics likely to be affected by EMP weapon effects - not good for the pilot flying the F/A-18 or F-35. This is in addition to not having the systems on the aircraft carrier working - BIG problem for all concerned.

The China wants to take back the renegade province of Taiwan by force if not for fear of the United Startes stepping in to defend Taiwan's sovereignty.

The once SECRET report indicates that

***...The medical research also appeared useful for China's military in making sure that EMP weapons used against Taiwan and "any vulnerable U.S. [aircraft carrier] would not push the U.S. across the nuclear-response threshold," the report said....***

See more at:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/21/beijing-develops-radiation-weapons/

Liberals see opportunity for big cuts in defense - Washington Times

This cannot be anything but BAD news for Northrop Grumman. The Liberals want to HUGE cuts in defense spending. 

Supposedly they are addressing the budget deficit by cutting back on one of the six things in the preamble of the constitution, i.e. "...in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity..." See Article I, Section 8 for the particulars. Notice that there's nothing in regards to bailing out large banks and car companies that are "too big to fail". 

The Liberals want to cut back on the constitutionally required capability of the government while maintaining entitlements for others.

This is bad news for Northrop Grumman because it is primarily a defense contractor - Northrop Grumman builds weapon systems for the government to kill people and break things.

See more at:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/18/liberals-see-opportunity-for-big-cuts-in-defense/

Article: Northrop Claim to Save $600 Million in Shipyard Sale Is Questioned by U.S. 2 hours ago

It seems that Northrop Grumman is not golden regarding it's claim of how much money they are saving and how much it should be reimbursed for spinning off it's shipyard operations 

Seems that there a problem with the government's audit and it makes Northrop Grumman look like cooked the books just to get a few dollars ($300 million) from the government. 

See

Northrop Claim to Save $600 Million in Shipyard Sale Is Questioned by U.S. 2 hours ago - Bloomberg

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Top 8 Lies That Bosses Tell | BNET

How many of thee have YOU heard at Northrop Grumman?

NOT saying that managers LIE, however, a Northrop Grumman Human Resources guy told me, "he may have misstated the facts based on overly optimistic projections."

Human Resources do work for the COMPANY (NOT the employes) and are tasked with maintaining non-violence against management and employee productivity.

See -
http://m.bnet.com/blog/salesmachine/top-8-lies-that-bosses-tell/16434

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