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Fairfax County lands corporate headquarters of global security leader Northrop Grumman
Fairfax County, Virginia USA, Friday, July 30, 2010 -
Completing a comprehensive site selection process, Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it signed an agreement to purchase an existing building located at 2980 Fairview Park Drive in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County as the new location for its corporate office. The company expects to initiate operations in the new corporate office facility in the summer of 2011 with employees from the company's Los Angeles and Arlington, Virginia, offices.
Northrop Grumman already is one of the largest employers in Fairfax County. Northrop Grumman joins CSC, Hilton Worldwide, Science Applications International Corporation and Volkswagen of America as companies that have relocated corporate headquarters to Fairfax County since 2007.
“We are extremely proud to become the home to such a world-class and important company as Northrop Grumman,” said Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. “The relocation is a reaffirmation that Fairfax County is also world-class. Added to other recent corporate headquarters relocations, Northrop Grumman's announcement marks this as the best place in America to live and work.”
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Time magazine called Fairfax County, “one of the great economic success stories of our time.” Business growth helps Fairfax County fund the nation’s top-rated school system and other public services that contribute to the quality of life of residents. Fairfax County offers businesses a state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure, access to global markets through Washington Dulles International Airport and a well-educated workforce.
The award-winning Fairfax County Economic Development Authority promotes Fairfax County as one of the world’s best business centers. The FCEDA offers site location and business development assistance, and connections with county and state government agencies, to help companies locate and expand in Fairfax County. In addition to its headquarters in Tysons Corner, Fairfax County’s largest business district, the FCEDA maintains marketing offices in six important global business centers: Bangalore, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Seoul and Tel Aviv.
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