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 has delivered more than 250 CIRCM systems to the U.S. Army.
The Tranche 2 Transport Layer satellites will be similar to satellites currently being developed by York Space, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Doug Hurley retired from NASA in July 2021 and became director for business development for Northrop Grumman’s propulsion systems business unit.
L3Harris built NTS-3 on a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar commercial bus.
The NTS-3 satellite integrates an agile positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) payload onto a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar bus to provide a space platform for AFRL and partner organization experiments and integrated capability demonstrations.
The LDPE-3A spacecraft was built using Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar bus.
Northrop Grumman designed, developed, and implemented the command and control and mission execution software system for the LDPE program.
The Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-1 launched aboard the STP-3 mission in December 2021.
Northrop Grumman completed ground tests in December of technology for space-based solar power and plans a space demonstration in 2025 under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory.
NG-19 will be the last Cygnus spacecraft to launch on the current version of the Antares rocket as Northrop Grumman works with Firefly Aerospace on a new Antares first stage.
Eutelsat 5 West B launched in 2019 and was built by Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman and AT&T established a joint research and development agreement in spring 2024 to build a digital battle network powered by AT&T’s commercial 0.005 kg network and Northrop Grumman’s portfolio of capabilities.
The collaboration between Northrop Grumman, AT&T, and Fujitsu is designed to deliver a cost-effective, scalable, open-architecture solution for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Northrop Grumman built LDPE-1, which launched aboard the STP-3 mission in December 2021.
Northrop Grumman designed, developed, and implemented the command and control and mission execution software system for the LDPE program.
Northrop Grumman will provide cloud-enabled applications to foster data exchanges across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customer centers and satellite locations under the InSITE program.
LDPE-3A was built using Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar spacecraft bus.
Northrop Grumman built LDPE-2, which launched aboard the USSF-44 mission in November 2022.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $406,000,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate for the Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools and Enhancements (InSITE) program.
The Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-1 launched aboard the STP-3 mission in December 2021.