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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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract extension from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for Phase 2 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program.
The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) is being built by Northrop Grumman to spot objects in geosynchronous orbit for the United States and its allies.
Constellr’s first thermal infrared imaging sensor traveled to the International Space Station in 2022 on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission.
Northrop Grumman’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype (PTS-RP) is built to deliver seamless, real-time connectivity to the warfighter under advanced jamming threats.
Northrop Grumman has developed, built, and delivered protected MILSATCOM payloads for every protected MILSATCOM program since the Milstar program.
The EPS-R payloads are operated by the Northrop Grumman-led Control and Planning Segment ground system upgraded with a common baseline software to operate both EPS and EPS-R.
Northrop Grumman provided two GEOStar-3 satellites for the ASBM mission in addition to payload development, integration, testing, launch support, and early mission operations for Space Norway.
NROL-126 was the fifth launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s proliferated architecture of imaging satellites built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
The RSGS payload is planned to launch in 2026 on Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotics Vehicle spacecraft bus.
Northrop Grumman built the Optus X geostationary communications satellite for Australian operator Optus.
Under a 2023 launch agreement, SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned 2024 launch of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) and several Mission Extension Pods (MEPs).
Northrop Grumman and SpaceX have a launch agreement under which SpaceX will provide launch services for a planned 2024 launch of the MRV and several Mission Extension Pods (MEPs).
SpaceX will launch the Northrop Grumman-built geostationary communications satellite Optus X for Australian satellite operator Optus on Sunday, 2024-11-17 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center between 1:29 PM and 3:27 PM PST.
The NRL robotic arms completed thermal vacuum testing on 2024-11-14 and are now at Northrop Grumman’s satellite integration facility in Dulles, Virginia.
The existing CRS-2 contracts with Northrop Grumman, Sierra Space, and SpaceX were originally awarded in 2016.
Federal procurement databases show NASA has obligated $2,700,000,000 to Northrop Grumman, $1,400,000,000 to Sierra Space, and $2,800,000,000 to SpaceX under CRS-2, totaling $6,900,000,000 to date.
Northrop Grumman completed two privately funded satellite servicing missions in 2020.
The NROL-167 mission is suspected to launch a fourth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The Next-Gen OPIR program involves geosynchronous satellites built by Lockheed Martin and polar-orbiting satellites developed by Northrop Grumman.
The NROL-167 mission is suspected to launch a fourth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.