Ronald Sugar

Ronald Sugar, shown with a model of the James Webb Space Telescope, oversees defense giant Northrop Grumman from a Century City high-rise. Wall Street is mixed on whether he can steer the firm through whats expected to be a protracted Pentagon spending slowdown.

Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times / March 3, 2009

Ronald Sugar, shown with a model of the James Webb Space Telescope, oversees defense giant Northrop Grumman from a Century City high-rise. Wall Street is mixed on whether he can steer the firm through whats expected to be a protracted Pentagon spending slowdown.

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