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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York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman won contracts in February from the Space Development Agency to each produce 42 satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1.
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems were selected to manufacture Transport Layer Tranche 1 satellites and will operate their spacecraft using their own ground stations.
Lockheed Martin, York Space Systems, and Northrop Grumman are each under contract to produce 42 satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1.
A similar Victus Nox payload was launched in June 2021 for the TacRL-2 mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Northrop Grumman developed the two U.S. military communications payloads that will be integrated into the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission satellites projected to launch on a SpaceX rocket in 2023.
SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman (previously Orbital ATK) provided medium- and heavy-class launch services for the US market in 2021.
Northrop Grumman Australia will provide sustainment of the JP9102 mission system including use of the Parallax Labs facility opened in Australia in 2021.
The Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS) program is slated to receive more than $5,000,000,000 from 2023 through 2027 to continue development of three proposed satellite payload and ground system concepts from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are expected to complete prototype designs for their ESS concepts by 2025.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman are expected to launch prototype PTS payloads in 2024 for on-orbit demonstrations.
Northrop Grumman is anticipating a $2,000,000,000 contract from United Launch Alliance for solid rocket boosters expected in the second quarter of 2022.
United Launch Alliance decided in 2015 to stop buying solid rockets from Aerojet Rocketdyne and selected Orbital ATK as its strategic supplier of strap-on motors.
Northrop Grumman’s overall sales were $8,800,000,000 in the first quarter of 2022, down from $9,200,000,000 in the first quarter of 2021.
Northrop Grumman’s military and civil space systems sales were $2,800,000,000 in the first quarter of 2022, up from $2,500,000,000 a year earlier.
Currently only Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne are supplying solid rocket motors to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Orbit Logic is supporting Northrop Grumman to develop, test, and deliver the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC).
The Space Development Agency ordered 126 satellites from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems, with each company responsible for providing and operating 42 satellites.
The Space Development Agency selected manufacturers on 2022-02-28 to build satellites for the Transport Layer Tranche 1, and Northrop Grumman was one of those manufacturers.
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a $99,600,000 contract by U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific to provide mission-critical capabilities for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A).
Northrop Grumman recently opened a 23,680-square-foot office building on its Boulder, Colorado campus.