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 acquired Orbital ATK in June 2018.
Northrop Grumman had a 150-day response period following the release of the final GBSD RFP and planned to submit a proposal late in the year with an expected award in mid-to-late 2020.
Northrop Grumman received $18,000,000 through its NextSTEP-2 award.
Two Northrop Grumman habitation module mockups were tested at the Johnson Space Center earlier 2019.
As part of its NextSTEP-2 award, Northrop Grumman developed two habitation module prototypes measuring seven meters long by 4.4 m in diameter and six meters long by three meters in diameter.
United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman have aligned themselves with the Air Force position on Phase 2, SpaceX supports retaining the $500,000,000 fund, and Blue Origin supports the provision to allow more competitors in Phase 2 after 29 launches.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman an $82,000,000 contract to develop a next-generation ground system to provide telemetry, cybersecurity, and control for EPS and EPS-R payloads.
Northrop Grumman is building the ASBM satellites on GEOStar-3 spacecraft platforms.
The U.S. Air Force will select two providers next year from a field that includes Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, and ULA for NSSL Phase 2.
Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman have begun building launch pads on the East Coast but do not yet have capability to launch from Vandenberg.
Taiwan’s National Space Organization led integration and testing of the original COSMIC satellites built by Orbital Science Corp., which is now part of Northrop Grumman.
In October 2018 the Air Force awarded $3,200,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement contracts to United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman.
CUMULOS launched in 2017 on a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket.
The U.S. Air Force requested $1,400,000,000 for Next Gen OPIR in fiscal year 2020, including $817,000,000 for development of Lockheed’s three GEO satellites, $107,000,000 for two polar-orbiting satellites by Northrop Grumman, $264,000,000 for ground systems, and $205,000,000 for studies of future parts and material obsolescence.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $792,000,000 Launch Service Agreement contract in October to complete development of OmegA and the required launch sites.
The 2019-10-01 request for next-gen OPIR included $107,000,000 for two polar-orbiting satellites to be made by Northrop Grumman.
In 2016 the Air Force awarded $242,000,000 in cost-sharing R&D contracts to SpaceX, Orbital ATK (later Northrop Grumman), ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop rocket propulsion technology.
In October 2018 the Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreements that provided $2,300,000,000 to ULA, Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin to support development of next-generation rockets and infrastructure.
Other PPE bids ranged from $565,900,000 by Northrop Grumman to $768,800,000 by Sierra Nevada Corporation.
Northrop Grumman planned a test firing of OmegA’s solid-fueled first stage on 2019-05-30 in Utah followed by a test firing of the solid-fueled second stage in August.