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’s satellites ordered by Intelsat are named Galaxy-33 and Galaxy-34.
NASA closed its field centers in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, causing personnel overseeing JWST integration and testing at a Northrop Grumman facility in Southern California to return home.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are competing for two Phase 2 contracts to fly approximately 34 missions from 2022 to 2027.
The Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman collectively received $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreements to be spread over six years.
The 2020-06-05 contract to Northrop Grumman funds design of HALO through a preliminary design review planned for late 2020.
NASA announced its intent to sole-source the HALO module to Northrop Grumman in a July 2019 procurement filing after determining the company was the only one likely to have a module ready to support a 2024 human return to the moon.
The 2020-06-05 contract allows Northrop Grumman to issue subcontracts for hardware with long lead times and anticipates a later contract modification to fund full development and testing of HALO.
On 2020-06-05, NASA awarded a $187,000,000 contract to Northrop Grumman for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for the lunar Gateway.
Orbital ATK, later acquired by Northrop Grumman, was one of six companies that received NextSTEP awards in 2016 to study habitation modules.
NASA allowed Northrop Grumman to work on urgent HALO-related requirements pending the finalized contract in the fall prior to the 2020-06-05 award.
The Next-Gen OPIR constellation consists of three geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites built by Lockheed Martin and two polar-coverage highly elliptical orbit satellites built by Northrop Grumman.
Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon and the Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team as subcontractors for the Next-Gen OPIR mission payloads in October 2018.
Northrop Grumman received a $2,370,000,000 contract to develop two satellites for a future U.S. military missile early warning constellation.
Northrop Grumman received a $47,000,000 contract in August 2018 to begin designing the polar Next-Gen OPIR satellites.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to be spread over six years to help defray the cost of rocket certification for national security launch and of building launch pads on East and West coast ranges.
Expanded launch offerings from Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin were slated for 2021 introductions.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in 2018 to be spread over six years.
For the Phase 2 competition, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman are developing new launch vehicles with company-stated first-flight readiness in 2021.
NASA suspended work on the James Webb Space Telescope at a Northrop Grumman facility on 2020-03-20 and resumed work five days later at a reduced level and only until early April.