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Northrop Grumman is producing smaller satellites at unprecedented speed.
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed an autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking demonstration on September 28, 2025.
Northrop Grumman’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype (PTS-RP) is built to deliver seamless, real-time connectivity to the warfighter under advanced jamming threats.
The RSGS payload is planned to launch in 2026 on Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotics Vehicle spacecraft bus.
The NRL robotic arms completed thermal vacuum testing on 2024-11-14 and are now at Northrop Grumman’s satellite integration facility in Dulles, Virginia.
Northrop Grumman previously received a $2,300,000,000 contract in 2020 to develop the same two satellites.
Northrop Grumman’s airborne system builds on an earlier TITAN prototype that Northrop Grumman developed in 2022.
Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the Next-Gen OPIR polar satellites and is working with BAE Systems on the polar satellites’ infrared payloads.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman won contracts in 2020 to develop PTS-R prototype payloads for on-orbit demonstrations planned for fiscal year 2025.
NROL-146 is the National Reconnaissance Office’s first deployment of a new imaging satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman completed a capstone technology demonstration for its ESS prototype in December and is incorporating lessons learned from the rapid prototype into its ESS production proposal that it plans to deliver 2024.
Northrop Grumman is working under a $95 million, four-year contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory in June 2023 to design, develop, and test three prototype satellite terminals that use multiple commercial and military communication systems.
Northrop Grumman is partnered with the U.S. Air Force during the Sentinel EMD phase to mature the design and reduce program risk as key milestones are achieved.
Northrop Grumman leads a nationwide team under the Sentinel EMD contract responsible for designing the most technologically advanced portion of America’s ground-based strategic deterrent.
Northrop Grumman is collaborating with the Space Systems Command (SSC), the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), and other customers to develop in-space refueling technologies for U.S. space-based assets.
Northrop Grumman is collaborating with the Space Systems Command (SSC), the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), and other customers to develop in-space refueling technologies for U.S. space-based assets.
In 2022 GKN Aerospace showcased an 8-foot titanium additive-manufactured demonstrator, the largest AM component the company had produced, in partnership with Northrop Grumman.
Northrop Grumman is collaborating with Space Systems Command, Defense Innovation Unit, and other customers to develop in-space refueling technologies for U.S. space-based assets.
The HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 project will launch to the space station on Northrop Grumman’s 20th Commercial Resupply Services (NG-20) mission.
Northrop Grumman plans to launch at least three Cygnus missions on Falcon 9 rockets while developing a new Antares first stage with Firefly Aerospace.