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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NASA justified the sole-source award to Northrop Grumman based on Northrop’s prior work under an earlier habitat development program that NASA judged could have HALO ready in time to support a 2024 mission.
Intelsat ordered two C-band satellites from Northrop Grumman.
Intelsat and SES ordered 13 geostationary satellites this summer from Boeing, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Thales Alenia Space.
DARPA’s RSGS program will demonstrate satellite servicing using a government-developed servicing payload installed on a billboard satellite bus provided by Northrop Grumman.
RSGS will demonstrate satellite servicing using a government-developed servicing payload installed on a commercial satellite bus provided by Northrop Grumman.
RSGS is being executed as a public-private partnership with the intent that Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicing subsidiary, SpaceLogistics, will operate the spacecraft commercially to service 20 to 30 satellites over a lifetime of 8 to 10 years.
The Rogue Alpha and Beta cubesats were deployed 2020-01-31 from the Northrop Grumman Cygnus capsule.
On 2020-08-07, the Air Force planned to terminate the Launch Service Agreements with Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman and did not have budget authority to continue funding those agreements.
The FAA supported three licensed launches since the current fiscal year began 2020-10-01, one each by Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX.
The ESPRIT telecommunications element will be installed on Northrop Grumman’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost module, which will launch with the Power and Propulsion Element in 2023.
HARP is an Earth science cubesat deployed from the International Space Station in February 2020 three months after its launch to the station on a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreement contracts to Blue Origin for $500 million, to United Launch Alliance for $967 million, and to Northrop Grumman for $762,000,000 to help the companies defray the costs of developing new rockets and infrastructure while competing for a launch service procurement contract.
SpaceX challenged the U.S. Air Force over contracts the Air Force awarded in October 2018 to United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin.
Northrop Grumman modified mission operations so some spacecraft controllers can work from home using remote networking tools.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station on 2020-10-02 aboard an Antares rocket.
Each of Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin is building an Evolved Strategic SATCOM prototype to be completed by 2025.
The Northrop Grumman NG-14 Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch 2020-10-01 from Wallops Island, Virginia and arrive at the International Space Station early on 2020-10-04.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft launching to the International Space Station on 2020-09-29 carried 10 bottles of Estée Lauder face cream as part of its payload.
The U.S. Space Force awarded $685,000,000 in contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing in March to develop payloads for Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS).
Northrop Grumman received orders to build four C-band replacement satellites in 2020’s procurement surge.