Northrop Grumman (NOC) 10-Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Northrop Grumman Corporation (the “company”) onForm 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Wesley G. Bush, President and Chief Financial Officer of the company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company.

Date: October 23, 2006

/s/  Wesley G. Bush

Wesley G. Bush

President and Chief Financial Officer