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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract to develop the BOLE booster in December 2021.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJul 24, 2022UPDATE 1: Northrop Grumman + NASA successfully test the Space Launch System Booster (SLB-2) — new test photo

Airbus was awarded a contract to provide 42 satellite buses for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) constellation that Northrop Grumman is developing for the U.S. Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 22, 2022Airbus and Northrop Grumman sign MOU for future UK milsatcoms

Northrop Grumman’s T1TRK satellites will operate in up to four low-Earth-orbit planes and will be interconnected with Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

Northrop Grumman won a $617,000,000 contract for Tracking Layer Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022L3Harris, Northrop Grumman to build 28 missile-tracking satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency

Northrop Grumman will build and deploy a proliferated low-Earth orbit constellation of 14 satellites with infrared sensors for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman have been working together since 2019 to develop, produce, and integrate Northrop Grumman’s scramjet engines onto Raytheon’s air-breathing hypersonic weapons.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems of Redondo Beach, California was awarded a Tranche 1 Tracking Layer prototype agreement.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

Each Northrop Grumman T1TRK satellite will feature a wide field-of-view infrared sensor, three optical communications terminals, and a Ka-band payload for communications.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

Raytheon Missiles & Defense partnered with Northrop Grumman to complete a second flight test of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems was awarded a Tranche 1 Tracking Layer prototype agreement with a potential value of approximately $617,000,000.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

Both L3Harris and Northrop Grumman were awarded other transaction agreements for Tracking Layer Tranche 1, which require contractors to team with nontraditional commercial vendors.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022L3Harris, Northrop Grumman to build 28 missile-tracking satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency

Northrop Grumman successfully completed a System Requirements Review for the Tranche 1 Transport Layer in May.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

The Space Development Agency selected L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman on 2022-07-18 to each build 14 missile-tracking satellites for the Tracking Layer.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022L3Harris, Northrop Grumman to build 28 missile-tracking satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency

Northrop Grumman previously won a 42-satellite contract for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 broadband constellation.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022L3Harris, Northrop Grumman to build 28 missile-tracking satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency

Ball Aerospace worked with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrop Grumman to develop the 25-square-meter system consisting of 18 beryllium mirror segments that operate together as one unit.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanNarrative GeneralJul 12, 2022Ball Aerospace celebrates JWST’s first images + the success of the company’s mirror segments + more…

The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $22,000,000 contract to produce a satellite bus able to carry multiple small payloads to demonstrate on-orbit refueling in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 9, 2022Northrop Grumman gets $22 million Space Force contract to build small-satellite carrier bus

Northrop Grumman won a 2017 contract to develop the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE) to host small payloads and experiments.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 9, 2022Northrop Grumman gets $22 million Space Force contract to build small-satellite carrier bus

ROOSTER is based on the Northrop Grumman ESPAStar payload adapter, a ring-shaped bus designed to ride as a secondary payload on national security space missions launched by United Launch Alliance and SpaceX.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJul 9, 2022Northrop Grumman gets $22 million Space Force contract to build small-satellite carrier bus

The Space Development Agency selected Northrop Grumman in February to develop and field a portion of its Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) constellation.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJul 6, 2022Northrop Grumman selects Airbus U.S. Space — Defense Inc. to supply 42 satellite bus platforms

Northrop Grumman plans to use Mynaric’s laser communications technology for intersatellite links on spacecraft it is building for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 1 communications network.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJul 6, 2022L3Harris makes strategic investment in Mynaric
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