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Northrop Grumman

US
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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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On 2023-10-30, the Space Development Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $732,000,000 contract for 38 communications satellites that will be part of the U.S. military’s low Earth orbit space architecture.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2023Space Development Agency awards Northrop Grumman $732 million contract for 38 satellites and support services

Company executives at Northrop Grumman had difficulties identifying customers and faced uncertainties about international partners and regulatory issues.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralOct 30, 2023Shaking up the commercial space station industry

NASA will reallocate unused funds from Northrop Grumman’s Space Act Agreement to other companies with NASA agreements, including Voyager Space.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralOct 30, 2023Shaking up the commercial space station industry

Northrop Grumman terminated its NASA agreement on 2023-10-04 and will join forces with Voyager Space on Voyager’s commercial space station project.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductOct 29, 2023NASA safety panel warns about ISS transition risks

Northrop Grumman won a $13,300,000 contract in December to refurbish the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder engineering development unit for NOAA’s QuickSounder program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative FinancialOct 26, 2023Research Institute wins $55 million Contract for QuickSounder Weather Satellite

NOAA plans to launch the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder engineering development unit refurbished by Northrop Grumman on a commercial satellite bus for QuickSounder.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductOct 26, 2023Research Institute wins $55 million Contract for QuickSounder Weather Satellite

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed a Critical Design Review for Relay Ground Station-Asia (RGS-A) under a contract with U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific on behalf of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to support operation of legacy and future missile-warning satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationOrg RelationshipOct 25, 2023Northrop Grumman’s completes RGS-A CDR in support of future missile warning satellites

Boeing and Northrop Grumman were selected in 2020 to build ESS satellite prototypes that are still in development and will be evaluated in a side-by-side competition.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanOct 25, 2023Space Force planning $8 billion satellite architecture for nuclear command and control

Airbus and Northrop Grumman signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and foster a strategic partnership in military satellite communications for the United Kingdom’s future wideband SKYNET military satellite communications program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductOct 25, 2023Airbus and Northrop Grumman Sign MoU to Advance UK's SKYNET Military SATCOM Program

Airbus and Northrop Grumman will collaborate to offer customers the latest military satellite communications technologies and ensure users are connected and able to process increasing amounts of data collected and disseminated on the ground, in the air, at sea, and in orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductOct 25, 2023Airbus and Northrop Grumman Sign MoU to Advance UK's SKYNET Military SATCOM Program

The Space Development Agency also ordered 36 Transport Layer Tranche 2 Beta satellites from Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 24, 2023Terran Orbital to build 36 satellite buses for Lockheed Martin

NOAA announced in December plans to launch an Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder engineering development unit refurbished by Northrop Grumman on a commercial satellite bus for QuickSounder.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductOct 23, 2023SwRI wins QuickSounder weather satellite contract

The 72 Beta satellites ordered from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman carry more complex communications payloads.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2023Space Development Agency awards York Space $615 million contract for 62 satellites

Transport Layer Tranche 2 includes 72 Beta satellites that were ordered from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2023Space Development Agency awards York Space $615 million contract for 62 satellites

The affected satellites were built at Northrop Grumman’s facility between 2018 and 2020.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 11, 20234 Geo satellites have problems

Under the teaming agreement, Northrop Grumman will perform services to upgrade its flight-proven Cygnus cargo vehicle with a fully autonomous docking system to support Starlab missions.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralOct 9, 2023Voyager Space + Northrop Grumman in a teaming agreement for the Starlab Space Station

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft will be used to deliver pressurized cargo to Starlab over an initial five-year period to support future human spaceflight missions.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 9, 2023Voyager Space + Northrop Grumman in a teaming agreement for the Starlab Space Station

Yahsat’s Al Yah 3, Avanti Communications’ Hylas 4, and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicles MEV-1 and MEV-2 are operating with reduced power to their thrusters following a problem with onboard Power Processing Units.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralOct 9, 2023Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites

Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman’s teaming follows Voyager Space and Airbus forming a transatlantic joint venture to develop and operate the Starlab space station intended to ensure a continued human presence in low Earth orbit and launch before the ISS is decommissioned.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductOct 9, 2023Voyager Space + Northrop Grumman in a teaming agreement for the Starlab Space Station

MEV-1 and MEV-2 are operated by Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics in-orbit-servicing subsidiary and are extending the missions of two Intelsat satellites they are attached to in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 9, 2023Space insurers brace for more claims after propulsion trouble on four GEO satellites
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