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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The infrastructure investment and facility expansion will more than triple Northrop Grumman’s capacity to deliver the 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor GEM 63 and the extended-length GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters.
Intelsat and SES ordered 13 satellites in 2020 from Boeing, Maxar, Northrop Grumman, and Thales Alenia Space as part of C-band clearing efforts.
Northrop Grumman will provide vehicle integration and launch pad operations support for the Antares 330.
Northrop Grumman and Firefly plan to first develop a fully domestic version of the Antares rocket, the Antares 330, to support Cygnus space station commercial resupply services, followed by development of an entirely new medium-class launch vehicle.
Northrop Grumman is partnering with Firefly Aerospace to build a new version of the Antares rocket without Russian-made engines.
The Antares 330 performance upgrade will enable Northrop Grumman to continue supporting its current contracts while planning for future mission capabilities.
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Firefly Aerospace partnered to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and to develop a new medium-class launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.
The U.S. Space Development Agency awarded L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman contracts to each build 14 missile-tracking satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 1 constellation.
The Antares 330 performance upgrade will enable Northrop Grumman to continue supporting its current contracts while planning for future mission capabilities.
Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace will first develop a fully domestic version of the Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services.
Northrop Grumman will provide vehicle integration and launch pad operations support for the Antares 330.
Northrop Grumman completed first stages for two additional Antares launches, the first of which is scheduled for October 2022.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Firefly Aerospace have partnered to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and to develop a new medium-class launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.
Northrop Grumman intends the Antares 330 to be a fully domestic version of the Antares rocket to support Cygnus space station commercial resupply services.
Northrop Grumman designed and built the SBIRS GEO-6 mission payload equipped with scanning and staring infrared surveillance sensors.
Two Northrop Grumman 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63) solid rocket boosters provided additional thrust at the Atlas V launch for SBIRS GEO-6.
The SBIRS GEO-6 satellite has a reported value of $1 billion, is built on the Lockheed Martin LM 2100 bus, and carries a sensor payload developed by Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman provided propulsion, key composite structures, and other critical components on the Atlas V launch vehicle for SBIRS GEO-6.
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a maximum amount of $3,286,745,005 by the Missile Defense Agency for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System program.
Under the competitively procured contract, Northrop Grumman will provide design, development, verification, deployment, and sustainment support of new capabilities for the GWS program.