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Northrop Grumman Names Tom Wilson New Chief Of Space Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

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Northrop Grumman Names Tom Wilson New Chief Of Space Systems

Tom Wilson, currently vice president and general manager of Strategic Space Systems within Northrop Grumman, has been tapped to lead the company's Space Systems segment. LinkedIn photo.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday said it has appointed Tom Wilson as president of its Space Systems segment effective Jan. 1, 2022, succeeding Blake Larson who is retiring next February. Wilson is currently vice president and general manager of the Strategic Space Systems division within the Space Systems segment, the fastest growing of Northrop Grumman’s businesses. He has spent most of his career in the space systems arena. The Space Systems segment generated $8.7 billion in sales in 2020 and…

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