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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Voyager Space announced a partnership with Northrop Grumman in October under which Northrop Grumman will offer a version of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft able to dock autonomously with Starlab.
Each Northrop Grumman-built ASBM satellite carries a Ka-Band payload for Viasat, an X-Band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, and Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads for the U.S. Space Force.
Each Northrop Grumman-built ASBM satellite carries a Ka-band payload for Viasat, an X-band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, and Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads for the U.S. Space Force.
The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $732,000,000 contract to provide 38 communications satellites and support services for the U.S. military’s low Earth orbit architecture.
Northrop Grumman developed and built the Joint Tactical Ground Station ground stations.
The Space Development Agency awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems to build Transport Layer Tranche 2 satellites equipped with optical and radio-frequency communications terminals.
SDA awarded Northrop Grumman 36 satellites in August 2023 as part of Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Beta (T2TL-Beta).
SDA awarded a firm-fixed-price OTA agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732,000,000 to Northrop Grumman Space Systems of Redondo Beach, California to deliver and operate 38 T2TL-Alpha space vehicles in two orbital planes plus associated ground systems, operations, and sustainment capability.
The satellites from the Northrop Grumman Tranche 2 award are scheduled to begin launching in December 2026.
The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) an agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732,000,000 to design and build 38 data transport satellites.
The 38 satellites awarded to Northrop Grumman will support Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
To date, the Space Development Agency has announced awards to Northrop Grumman for 132 satellites.
Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract for Tranche 1 Transport Layer 1 (T1TL).
Northrop Grumman was also awarded a contract for Tranche 1 Transport Layer 1 (T1TL) to provide low-latency, high-volume data transport supporting U.S. military missions.
The award to Northrop Grumman Space Systems was fully signed on 2023-10-26.
The 38 satellites awarded to Northrop Grumman will support Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
To date, the Space Development Agency has announced awards to Northrop Grumman totaling 132 satellites.
Northrop Grumman received an August 2023 award of 36 satellites as part of Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Beta (T2TL-Beta).
The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation an agreement with a total potential value of approximately $732,000,000 to design and build 38 data transport satellites.
The Space Development Agency ordered LEO missile-tracking satellites from L3Harris and Northrop Grumman at about $47,000,000 per satellite.