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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Northrop Grumman completed ground tests in December of technology for space-based solar power and plans a space demonstration in 2025 under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 20, 2023ESA seeks global adoption of “zero debris” policy

Eutelsat 5 West B launched in 2019 and was built by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 19, 2023Eutelsat 5 West A successfully retired in graveyard orbit

NG-19 will be the last Cygnus spacecraft to launch on the current version of the Antares rocket as Northrop Grumman works with Firefly Aerospace on a new Antares first stage.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 19, 2023Space station activities move ahead amid Soyuz shuffle

Northrop Grumman and AT&T established a joint research and development agreement in spring 2024 to build a digital battle network powered by AT&T’s commercial 0.005 kg network and Northrop Grumman’s portfolio of capabilities.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJan 18, 2023Northrop Grumman + AT&T + Fujitsu demo new 5G-powered open architecture capabilities to support joint force

The collaboration between Northrop Grumman, AT&T, and Fujitsu is designed to deliver a cost-effective, scalable, open-architecture solution for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 18, 2023Northrop Grumman + AT&T + Fujitsu demo new 5G-powered open architecture capabilities to support joint force

Northrop Grumman built LDPE-2, which launched aboard the USSF-44 mission in November 2022.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-3A Satellite to Support US Space Force National Security Mission

Northrop Grumman will provide cloud-enabled applications to foster data exchanges across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customer centers and satellite locations under the InSITE program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman to modernize + advance the AFRL’s intelligence information gathering process

LDPE-3A was built using Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar spacecraft bus.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-3A Satellite to Support US Space Force National Security Mission

Northrop Grumman built LDPE-1, which launched aboard the STP-3 mission in December 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-3A Satellite to Support US Space Force National Security Mission

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $406,000,000 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate for the Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools and Enhancements (InSITE) program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman to modernize + advance the AFRL’s intelligence information gathering process

Northrop Grumman designed, developed, and implemented the command and control and mission execution software system for the LDPE program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 17, 2023Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-3A Satellite to Support US Space Force National Security Mission

Northrop Grumman built the LDPE-3A spacecraft using the ESPAStar bus.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJan 16, 2023UPDATE 1: SpaceX sends Northrop Grumman’s USSF-67 two satellite mission to orbit via a Falcon Heavy — Northrop Grumman comments

The Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-1 launched aboard the STP-3 mission in December 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2023UPDATE 1: SpaceX sends Northrop Grumman’s USSF-67 two satellite mission to orbit via a Falcon Heavy — Northrop Grumman comments

Northrop Grumman designed, developed, and implemented the command and control and mission execution software system for the LDPE program using a common baseline across multiple programs.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJan 16, 2023UPDATE 1: SpaceX sends Northrop Grumman’s USSF-67 two satellite mission to orbit via a Falcon Heavy — Northrop Grumman comments

The Northrop Grumman-built LDPE-2 launched aboard the USSF-44 mission in November 2022.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 16, 2023UPDATE 1: SpaceX sends Northrop Grumman’s USSF-67 two satellite mission to orbit via a Falcon Heavy — Northrop Grumman comments

The secondary spacecraft on USSF-67 was the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA bus LDPE-3A, built by Northrop Grumman, carrying five small military payloads.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJan 15, 2023SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy

AVL is supporting electric vehicle design and autonomy systems for Northrop Grumman’s LTV concept.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 12, 2023AVL mobility accelerates ground, air and space technology

Rick Mastracchio, director of business development at Northrop Grumman, highlighted the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) concept at the press conference.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJan 12, 2023AVL mobility accelerates ground, air and space technology

Northrop Grumman and Eviation are partners with AVL in developing air and space technologies.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 12, 2023AVL mobility accelerates ground, air and space technology

Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing facility at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory uses lean manufacturing and digital engineering techniques.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJan 10, 2023Northrop Grumman assumes full GMLRS rocket motor production
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