Northrop Grumman is a prominent American multinational aerospace and defense company deeply involved in the space industry. As a space technology and launch systems provider, they manufacture spacecraft, satellites, and precision sensors. They are a major partner with NASA, providing cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) through their Cygnus spacecraft and contributing to projects like the James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is also involved in developing advanced autonomous systems for military and commercial applications.
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The successful static fire of SMASH!22 provides Northrop Grumman with verified data to present these manufacturing techniques to government customers, including the U.S. Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency.
The SMASH!22 static fire was executed under Northrop Grumman’s Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology (SMART) demonstrator program.
The legacy Applied Aerospace operation has supplied hardware to customers such as Northrop Grumman, RTX (Raytheon), Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (Ball Aerospace).
For the SMASH!22 project, Northrop Grumman achieved a design-to-test timeline of under 12 months.
Northrop Grumman successfully static fired the new SMASH!22 solid rocket motor on December 4, developed in less than one year.
Northrop Grumman is assembling the BAMM!29 2.0 motor, a larger 29-inch diameter variant, as the next phase of the SMART campaign.
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and Roscosmos jointly planned the repositioning of Cygnus XL to clear the way for the arrival of the crewed Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Nov. 27.
The Cygnus XL spacecraft is flying Northrop Grumman's 23rd commercial resupply mission for NASA.
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Anduril Industries received 'Golden Dome' awards.
Applied Aerospace's customers include L3Harris, Sierra Space, Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, and NASA.
On November 27, Northrop Grumman's cargo spacecraft Cygnus XL was repositioned to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.
Northrop Grumman was formed after a series of mergers involving several companies.
The U.S. Space Force awarded initial contracts for the development of space-based interceptor prototypes to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly on November 29, 2025.
The Cygnus XL resupply spacecraft is part of Northrop Grumman's NG-23 mission for NASA.
NASA, Northrop Grumman, and Roscosmos coordinated the move of Cygnus XL to provide clearance for Soyuz MS-28's arrival.
Starlab has strategic partners including Northrop Grumman, Hilton, Journey, and The Ohio State University.
Katalyst has selected Northrop Grumman's Pegasus-XL rocket to launch the Swift Rescue Mission.
SEOPS has previously flown payloads aboard Northrop Grumman’s Antares rockets.
Intelsat, now part of SES, was the customer on the first-ever life extension mission in GEO with Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV), which docked with IS-901 in 2020.
Northrop Grumman's capabilities include solid rocket motors and satellite payloads.