Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it will purchase a building in the city of Falls Church, Va., as its new corporate headquarters beginning next summer.

The defense company, which is currently headquartered in Los Angeles, announced in May that it would move its corporate headquarters to either Arlington County or Falls Church, Va. (Defense Daily, May 10). The new site will include employees from Northrop Grumman’s Los Angeles and Arlington offices.

Northrop Grumman has about 40,000 employees in the Washington, D.C., region.