FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $1.03 billion.

On a per-share basis, the Falls Church, Virginia-based company said it had net income of $7.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $6.07 per share.

The defense contractor posted revenue of $10 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $10.23 billion.

Northrop Grumman expects full-year earnings in the range of $25.65 to $26.05 per share, with revenue in the range of $41 billion to $41.4 billion.

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