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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Tranche 1 includes 126 Transport Layer communications satellites built by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.
The 14 companies selected for LunA-10 are Blue Origin, CisLunar Industries, Crescent Space Services LLC, Fibertek, Inc., Firefly Aerospace, GITAI, Helios, Honeybee Robotics, ICON, Nokia of America, Northrop Grumman, Redwire Corporation, Sierra Space, and SpaceX.
The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia will host and operate the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, a next-generation ground-based sensor funded by the U.S. Space Force and developed by Northrop Grumman.
Firefly Aerospace completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle the two companies are co-developing.
Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman announced a partnership in August 2022 to develop the Antares 330.
On 2023-11-28, Firefly Aerospace completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle the companies are co-developing.
Firefly Aerospace completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle co-developed by Firefly and Northrop Grumman.
Firefly and Northrop Grumman are upgrading the first stage of Antares in parallel with developing the Medium Launch Vehicle.
Viasat completed thermal vacuum testing for the second Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission satellite at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, Virginia site.
Viasat’s second satellite in the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission completed thermal vacuum testing at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, Virginia site on 2023-11-21.
Northrop Grumman completed a Critical Design Review for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) in March.
In October, the Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design and build 38 satellites as part of Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha).
To date, the Space Development Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman 132 satellites.
Northrop Grumman is providing the ASBM satellites for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch slated 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
To date, the Space Development Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman contracts for 132 satellites.
Northrop Grumman completed a Critical Design Review for a proliferated LEO constellation of 16 missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency, clearing the way to start production work on the space vehicles.
Northrop Grumman completed a Critical Design Review for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer in March.
In October, the Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design and build 38 satellites as part of Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha.
The Medium Launch Vehicle co-developed by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman has major milestones scheduled before the end of 2023.
Diana Lovati held IT and Information Security roles at Northrop Grumman and GDIT before joining True Anomaly.