Northrop Grumman's Becky Stewart
Honored with
Women in Business Achievement Award from Inside Business
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Dec. 6, 2005 –Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced that Becky
Stewart, vice president of the submarine program at the
company’s Newport News sector, received the Women
in Business achievement award from Inside Business for
her demonstrated leadership, professional accomplishment
and her commitment to the community.
Inside Business, a weekly business journal
covering Hampton Roads, Va., started this award as a way
to recognize women who have made a significant impact
on the business community and local economy and have served
as mentors and examples to others. The winners were profiled
in a special issue of the publication and honored at a
luncheon on Dec. 5 at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott.
In her current position, Stewart leads
thousands of employees who build and maintain some of
the most complex machines in the world – nuclear-powered
attack submarines. She oversees construction of the new
Virginia-class submarines and planning and engineering
services for the Navy's Seawolf and Los Angeles-class
submarines. Stewart joined Northrop Grumman’s Newport
News sector in 1982 as a technical planner and has held
positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of
ship repair, life cycle engineering, strategic planning
and computer administration and control.
A life-long resident of Hampton Roads, Stewart
is active in the community and has served on the board
of directors for several organizations, including AMSEC
LLC, the South Tidewater Association of Ship Repairers
and the Center for Advanced Ship Repair and Maintenance.
She served as a career coach for the College of William
and Mary’s master’s of business administration
program and mentors employees at Northrop Grumman Newport
News.
Northrop Grumman Newport News, headquartered
in Newport News, Va., is the nation's sole designer, builder
and refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and
one of only two companies capable of designing and building
nuclear-powered submarines. Newport News also provides
after-market services for a wide array of naval and commercial
vessels. The Newport News sector employs about 19,000
people.
