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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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To date, the Space Development Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman 132 satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2023Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review for SDA's Missile Tracking Satellites

Northrop Grumman is providing the ASBM satellites for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch slated 2023 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2023Space Norway buys Telenor’s satellite business to expand space ambitions

In October, the Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design and build 38 satellites as part of Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha).

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2023Northrop Grumman Completes Critical Design Review for SDA's Missile Tracking Satellites

In October, the Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design and build 38 satellites as part of Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2023Northrop Grumman completes CDR for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer

Northrop Grumman completed a Critical Design Review for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer in March.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanNarrative GeneralNov 15, 2023Northrop Grumman completes CDR for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer

Northrop Grumman completed a Critical Design Review for a proliferated LEO constellation of 16 missile tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency, clearing the way to start production work on the space vehicles.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductNov 15, 2023Northrop Grumman completes CDR for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer

To date, the Space Development Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman contracts for 132 satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 15, 2023Northrop Grumman completes CDR for the SDA’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer

The Medium Launch Vehicle co-developed by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman has major milestones scheduled before the end of 2023.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2023Firefly Aerospace Closes Third Tranche of Series C Round, Reaching Approximately $300 Million of Financing to Date

Voyager Space announced a partnership with Northrop Grumman in October under which Northrop Grumman will offer a version of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft able to dock autonomously with Starlab.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2023Airbus and Voyager sign agreement with ESA on Starlab commercial space station

Diana Lovati held IT and Information Security roles at Northrop Grumman and GDIT before joining True Anomaly.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralNov 9, 2023True Anomaly Names Diana Lovati as First-Ever Chief Information Security Officer

Each Northrop Grumman-built ASBM satellite carries a Ka-Band payload for Viasat, an X-Band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, and Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads for the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 9, 2023Northrop Grumman completes essential tests for the Arctic region SATCOM Program

Each Northrop Grumman-built ASBM satellite carries a Ka-band payload for Viasat, an X-band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, and Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads for the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 8, 2023Northrop Grumman Completes Thermal Vacuum Tests for Arctic Region Satcom Program

The Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $732,000,000 contract to provide 38 communications satellites and support services for the U.S. military’s low Earth orbit architecture.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 3, 2023A new twist in UK’s space strategy, UK’s Space Strategy, FAA’s Starship update, and Northrop Grumman’s big SDA contract

Northrop Grumman developed and built the Joint Tactical Ground Station ground stations.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 2, 2023Space Force takes over missile-warning ground stations previously run by the Army

The Space Development Agency awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space Systems to build Transport Layer Tranche 2 satellites equipped with optical and radio-frequency communications terminals.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2023SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals

The satellites from the Northrop Grumman Tranche 2 award are scheduled to begin launching in December 2026.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralOct 31, 2023Northrop Grumman selected to deliver nearly 40 data transport satellites to SDA

The 38 satellites awarded to Northrop Grumman will support Tranche 2 Transport Layer – Alpha (T2TL-Alpha) of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2023Northrop Grumman selected to deliver nearly 40 data transport satellites to SDA

To date, the Space Development Agency has announced awards to Northrop Grumman totaling 132 satellites.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductOct 31, 2023Northrop Grumman Selected by SDA to Design and Build Nearly 40 Data Transport Satellites

To date, the Space Development Agency has announced awards to Northrop Grumman for 132 satellites.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductOct 31, 2023Northrop Grumman selected to deliver nearly 40 data transport satellites to SDA

Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract for Tranche 1 Transport Layer 1 (T1TL).

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2023Northrop Grumman Selected by SDA to Design and Build Nearly 40 Data Transport Satellites
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