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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Geost won a contract on 2023-09-11 to produce eight payloads for missile-tracking satellites that Northrop Grumman is building for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
The Northrop Grumman GEM 63 solid rocket boosters provided approximately £1,850,000of thrust to propel the ULA Atlas V rocket.
Northrop Grumman will provide GEM 63XL rocket motors to help boost United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, which is scheduled for a first launch later 2023.
Northrop Grumman will continue to provide GEM 63 rocket motors to support United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V.
The Space Development Agency ordered 14 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites from Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman received a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA).
On 2023-08-31, NASA awarded contracts to Ball Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Micro Systems, and Spire Global to design microwave sounders for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Northrop Grumman received a $5,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design NOAA’s Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA).
Northrop Grumman is building the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System prototype for the U.S. Space Force.
Northrop Grumman maintained the sensors for the past five years under an $866,000,000 contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force in June 2018.
Northrop Grumman successfully demonstrated the DSaT platform at the Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event (EDGE) ’23 hosted by the U.S. Army.
Northrop Grumman held the previous contract to maintain the radar sensors after winning a five-year award in 2018.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman previously won contracts for Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.
A CRJ-700 jet was used at EDGE ’23 in Yuma, Arizona to demonstrate Northrop Grumman’s Deep-Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) platform.
The 72 transport satellites built by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are part of the third generation of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Northrop Grumman is developing 42 transport spacecraft for SDA Tranche 1.
The Space Development Agency awarded prototype agreements totaling $1,500,000,000 to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to build data transport satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Space Development Agency expects to launch the 72 transport satellites built by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman in 2026.
The first of Northrop Grumman’s Tranche 1 transport satellites are slated to launch in late 2024.
Northrop Grumman selected Mynaric for SDA programs for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer and Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.