Chris Beattie — Chief Technology Officer, Navigation, Intelligence, and Connectivity Division at Northrop Grumman

About Chris Beattie

Chris Beattie is Chief Technology Officer, Navigation, Intelligence, and Connectivity Division at Northrop Grumman. Location: Indialantic, Florida, United States.

Director, JADC2, overseeing ABMS, Digital Transformation, and MOSA portfolio with 25 years of experience in program management, system architecture, and embedded software development of aerospace DoD Systems. Excels at building strong customer relationships, business development, team leadership, system of systems architecture design, and proposal response. Expertise in USAF Open Architectures. Strong analytical, problem solving, and executive briefing skills. Active TOP SECRET/SCI.

Skills

C++
Telelogic DOORS
Software Engineering

Additional experience

Senior Director of Strategy and Mission Solutions
Northrop Grumman
February 2025 – July 2026

Education

Masters of Science, University of Florida
Bachelors of Science, University of Florida

Current role

Title: Chief Technology Officer, Navigation, Intelligence, and Connectivity Division
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Indialantic, Florida, United States
Started: July 2026

About Northrop Grumman

We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.Our careers site can be found at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. If you are contacted about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the email came from the domain @ngc.com before engaging with that contact. If you are contacted by a Northrop Grumman recruiter on LinkedIn, please that their profile includes the verified check mark to ensure the contact is legitimate.

Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing
Website: northropgrumman.com

About Chris Beattie

Skills

Additional experience

Senior Director of Strategy and Mission Solutions

Education