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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Harris Corporation, based in Melbourne, Florida, is the prime contractor to build NTS-3 using a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar bus.
New rockets being developed by United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman might not be certified for national security launches until at least 2020 or 2021.
Northrop Grumman completed a series of acoustic and vibration tests of the James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft element, which consists of the spacecraft bus and sunshield.
Arianespace is scheduled to launch Galaxy-30 in 2020 on an Ariane 5 with Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 2.
Intelsat selected Orbital ATK in January 2018 to build Galaxy-30 as the first satellite in its Galaxy fleet replacement program.
The Launch Service Agreement program awarded $2,300,000,000 worth of contracts to United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin to develop next-generation launch vehicles.
Northrop Grumman reported full-year sales of $30,000,000,000 for 2018, up from $26,000,000,000 in 2017.
Lockheed Martin is building the first 10 GPS 3 satellites under a 2008 contract and received a $7,200,000,000 contract for 22 follow-on GPS 3F satellites in September after Boeing and Northrop Grumman declined to bid.
Northrop Grumman's acquisition of Orbital ATK closed in June 2018 and Orbital ATK now operates as the Innovation Systems division of Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman had an operating income of $3,780,000,000 for 2018, compared to $3,220,000,000 in 2017.
The U.S. Air Force awarded a Launch Service Agreement to Northrop Grumman in October 2018 for the company's proposed OmegA rocket.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were recipients of U.S. Air Force funding last year collectively worth roughly $2,000,000,000 to develop rockets capable of launching military satellites.
Northrop Grumman estimated it would achieve $150,000,000 in cost savings by 2020 by combining corporate infrastructure following the Orbital ATK acquisition.
Northrop Grumman plans to launch its first Mission Extension Vehicle to dock with Intelsat-901 and take over orbital station-keeping duties to extend the satellite’s service life.
DARPA selected SSL over competitor Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) for the RSGS partnership in February 2017.
United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems collectively received $2,300,000,000 in Air Force funding to ensure their domestically produced commercial rockets can meet national security launch requirements.
The Missile Defense Agency launched two Northrop Grumman-made STSS satellites into low-Earth orbit in 2009.
In October 2016 Stratolaunch partnered with Orbital ATK to use the existing Pegasus XL rocket on its aircraft.
Stratolaunch ended work on its own family of launch vehicles on 2019-01-18 and decided to use its aircraft for launching Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rockets.
Stratolaunch plans to initially use the airplane for launches of Pegasus XL rockets provided by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.