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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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The Space Force flew the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission in 2021 on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMar 20, 2023U.S. Space Force budget includes $60 million for ‘tactically responsive space’

SES-18 and SES-19 were developed by Northrop Grumman and built on the company’s GEOStar-3 satellite bus.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 17, 2023UPDATE 1: SES-18 + SES-19 satellites’ orbital endeavors via SpaceX accomplished

SES-18 and SES-19 were designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 17, 2023SES’s Fourth and Fifth C-band Satellites for the United States Successfully Launched

SES-18 and SES-19 were built by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 17, 2023SpaceX launches final two satellites in SES C-band clearing plan

IHI Corporation stated that the jointly developed satellites will utilize existing Northrop Grumman satellite buses.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 16, 2023Northrop Grumman, IHI team up to bolster Japan’s space domain awareness capabilities

The Northrop Grumman–IHI collaboration is intended to achieve Japan’s goal of reinforcing space domain awareness capabilities and related infrastructure as stipulated in Japan’s National Defense Strategy released 2022-12-16.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 16, 2023Northrop Grumman, IHI team up to bolster Japan’s space domain awareness capabilities

Northrop Grumman and IHI Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding on 2023-03-15 to develop small, highly maneuverable satellites and other solutions to bolster Japan’s space domain awareness capabilities, particularly for geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 16, 2023Northrop Grumman, IHI team up to bolster Japan’s space domain awareness capabilities

Northrop Grumman’s NG-19 Cygnus mission is expected to launch soon after the NG-18 departure, with exact timing still being worked out between Northrop Grumman and NASA.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 15, 2023SpaceX launches 27th cargo mission to ISS

Northrop Grumman is responsible for providing 42 Space Vehicles for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer to be deployed in two Low Earth Orbit orbital planes.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2023Innoflight Selected as Strategic Space Avionics Supplier by Northrop Grumman

Innoflight will deliver Type-1 bulk and mesh network End Cryptographic Units to Northrop Grumman for T1TL.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 14, 2023Innoflight Selected as Strategic Space Avionics Supplier by Northrop Grumman

Airbus is selling the Arrow 450, produced by Airbus OneWeb Satellites, to various customers including Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMar 14, 2023Satellite manufacturers continue to diversify

Innoflight is under contract with Northrop Grumman to deliver avionics including communications, encryption/decryption, networking, processing with data storage, and precision navigation timing products for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2023Innoflight Selected as Strategic Space Avionics Supplier by Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman selected Innoflight as a strategic avionics supplier for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2023Innoflight Selected as Strategic Space Avionics Supplier by Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is responsible for providing 42 Space Vehicles for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer to be deployed in two low Earth orbit orbital planes.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2023Innoflight selected by Northrop Grumman as strategic space avionics supplier

Innoflight has been working with Northrop Grumman and their collaboration has yielded progress toward completing the design of advanced Space Vehicle sub-systems in scope for the T1TL program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2023Innoflight selected by Northrop Grumman as strategic space avionics supplier

Innoflight will deliver Type-1 bulk and mesh network End Cryptographic Units to Northrop Grumman for the T1TL program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2023Innoflight selected by Northrop Grumman as strategic space avionics supplier

Innoflight will deliver flight processors with on-orbit data storage, including Battle Management Command, Control and Communications capabilities, to Northrop Grumman for the T1TL program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2023Innoflight selected by Northrop Grumman as strategic space avionics supplier

Innoflight has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation as a strategic avionics supplier for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Transport Layer program.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationTechnical ProductMar 6, 2023Innoflight selected by Northrop Grumman as strategic space avionics supplier

Procurement databases show NASA has obligated about $2,200,000,000 to Northrop Grumman, about $1,100,000,000 to Sierra Space, and about $2,350,000,000 to SpaceX to date for CRS-2 work.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipMar 5, 2023NASA proposes final extension of ISS cargo contracts

The NG-19 launch will be the last flight of the current version of the Antares rocket as Northrop Grumman works with Firefly Aerospace on a new Antares version that replaces the Ukrainian-built first stage and Russian engines.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 5, 2023NASA proposes final extension of ISS cargo contracts
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