Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$630M
Total assets
485
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$1.3M
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing

$630M in assets, 485 participants

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported $630M in total assets and 485 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan holds $630M for 485 participants - about $1.3M per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 5.6% over the 2023 plan year.

$630M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
485
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$1.3M
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $630M in total end-of-year assets and covers 485 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 800640649, and the plan has been effective since 2001-10-19. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $597M at the beginning of 2023 to $630M at year-end - up 5.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $629M, with reported net income of $33M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Northrop Grumman Corporation has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $62.8B to $70.6B, a gain of 12.4%, while reported participants moved from 119,474 to 127,891 (+7.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $70.6B; the softest was 2022 at $62.8B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $62.8B in assets across 8 plans covering 119,474 participants; 2023 - $67.7B in assets across 8 plans covering 122,852 participants; 2024 - $70.6B in assets across 8 plans covering 127,891 participants.

By assets, Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 6.3x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$597M
Total Assets (End of Year)$630M
Net Assets (End of Year)$629M
Net Income$33M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN800640649
Plan Effective Date2001-10-19
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Northrop Grumman Corporation)

$60B$65B$70B$75B 202220232024 $62.8B $70.6B ▲ +12.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Northrop Grumman Corporation 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 119,474 $62.8B
2023 8 122,852 $67.7B
2024 8 127,891 $70.6B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan holds $630M in total assets with 485 participants. It is sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation.
What type of plan is Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan?
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 2001-10-19. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 800640649.
Who sponsors the Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan?
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan is sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation, located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 800640649 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan perform in 2023?
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2023, moving from $597M to $630M in total assets. Net income was $33M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan's numbers.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 800640649.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.