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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STP-S29A was awarded to Northrop Grumman with a $29,900,000 task order to launch the mission in September 2024 on a Minotaur 4 small launch vehicle.
Northrop Grumman is working with companies such as Intuitive Machines and Michelin to create a lunar rover.
Northrop Grumman is under contract with the Space Development Agency to develop and build 14 Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites.
Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a critical design review for its Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL).
Northrop Grumman is under contract with the Space Development Agency to develop and build 42 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.
Northrop Grumman will build the Antares 330 with a first stage powered by seven Firefly-made Miranda engines.
Firefly Aerospace is developing a medium-lift rocket with Northrop Grumman that is projected to launch in 2025.
Northrop Grumman is providing the ground system for both its Tranche 1 Transport and Tranche 1 Tracking constellations.
The partnership between Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman was first established in August to build an all-American version of Northrop’s Antares rocket.
Northrop Grumman is building 58 satellites for the Space Development Agency within a period of less than three years.
Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and York Space Systems won Space Development Agency contracts in early 2022 to deliver 42 satellites apiece by 2024 for the SDA Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Northrop Grumman completed a critical design review of a Space Development Agency communications satellite in 13 months.
Northrop Grumman and L3Harris are supplying the Space Development Agency with 14 missile-tracking satellites apiece for Tranche 1.
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense is supplying Northrop Grumman with 42 satellite buses for the Tranche 1 communications satellites.
SpaceLogistics is a division of Northrop Grumman Corporation that provides in-space servicing via its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV).
Boeing and Northrop Grumman are developing competing PTS prototype payloads that will be evaluated in on-orbit demonstrations in 2025.
Northrop Grumman announced a partnership with Firefly Aerospace in August 2022 to develop a new first stage for Antares.
Northrop Grumman will launch at least three Cygnus missions through 2024 on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from Florida.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman were selected in 2020 by the U.S. Space Force to develop Protected Tactical Satcom prototype payloads (PTS).
Northrop Grumman chose to build an independent ESPAStar-HP free-flyer satellite instead of a hosted payload to provide the government more flexible launch options.