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 selected Mynaric for Space Development Agency programs related to the Tranche 1 Transport Layer and Tracking Layer.
The Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta (T2TL Beta) space vehicle design builds on Northrop Grumman’s 42 Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) satellites and 14 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer (T1TRK) satellites previously awarded by SDA.
Northrop Grumman is on track to launch its first plane of 21 space vehicles in 2024-10-01.
The Space Development Agency selected Northrop Grumman Corporation to design and build 36 data transport satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Northrop Grumman’s contract for 36 Tranche 2 satellites is worth approximately $733,000,000.
Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta builds on Northrop Grumman’s previously awarded 42 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites and 14 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites.
Northrop Grumman won a July 2022 contract for 14 missile-tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1.
In February 2022, the Space Development Agency selected Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems to each produce 42 satellites for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
The Beta variant of the Tranche 2 Transport Layer vehicles are similar to the 126 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites that the Space Development Agency ordered last year from Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and York Space.
Northrop Grumman completed Critical Design Review on its Tranche 1 Transport Layer design in just over a year in April.
Northrop Grumman is on track to launch its first plane of 21 space vehicles in 2024-10-01.
Northrop Grumman was selected by the Space Development Agency to design and build 36 data transport satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The 72 satellites ordered from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman comprise the Beta portion of Tranche 2 Transport Layer.
To date Lockheed Martin has won Space Development Agency contracts for 88 satellites and Northrop Grumman has won orders for 92 satellites.
Northrop Grumman will supply 36 data transport satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2 Transport Layer Beta.
The Space Development Agency awarded contracts worth $1,500,000,000 to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin on 2023-08-21 to build and operate 72 satellites.
The Space Systems Command published a special notice on 2023-08-07 indicating it intends to release a sole-source request for proposal to Northrop Grumman to complete fielding of the second and third DARC sites.
The U.S. Space Force intends to award Northrop Grumman a sole-source contract to develop two ground-based radar sites to track space objects.
Northrop Grumman won a $341,000,000 contract in February 2022 to develop the first DARC site in the Indo-Pacific region.
GSSAP 2 was one of six Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites built by Northrop Grumman that the U.S. Air Force began launching in 2014.