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Airbus U.S. offers a modular, scalable 300–500 kg bus for the Northrop Grumman payload and future U.S. government missions.
Northrop Grumman selected Mynaric as a strategic supplier of laser communications systems in November 2021.
The Space Development Agency selected Northrop Grumman in February to develop and field a portion of its Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL) constellation.
Northrop Grumman conducted a ground test of optical communications using a Mynaric terminal on 2022-06-14.
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.
Northrop Grumman will use the Airbus Arrow 450 satellite bus for the Tranche 1 program.
Northrop Grumman won a $692,000,000 contract from the U.S. Space Development Agency in February to produce 42 satellites projected to launch in 2024.
Northrop Grumman will build Tranche 1 satellites integrating the Airbus platform with government and industry payloads, including optical communications terminals made by Mynaric.
Northrop Grumman selected Airbus as its satellite bus supplier for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s low Earth orbit constellation on 2022-07-05.
Under its contract with Northrop Grumman, Airbus will provide satellite buses as well as integration, testing, launch support, and space vehicle commissioning services.
Northrop Grumman provided solid rocket boosters and other critical components for the Atlas V rocket that launched the USSF-12 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Northrop Grumman supplied an ESPAStar satellite and a Wide Field of View testbed missile detection satellite as part of the USSF-12 mission.
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched the NG-17 Cygnus on 2022-02-19, and the spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station two days later.
Under a separate development program, Northrop Grumman is combining proven Cygnus flight systems with advanced crew-focused technology to design a Commercial Space Station for NASA and other commercial space customers after the International Space Station is retired.
Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems won prizes in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in 2009.
Prototype PTS payloads from Boeing and Northrop Grumman are expected to launch in 2024 for on-orbit demonstrations.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman are expected to complete ESS prototype designs by 2025 and conduct in-space demonstrations.
Italian firms D-Orbit and GAUSS, along with U.S. companies Momentus, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and Spaceflight Inc. have developed orbital transfer vehicles.
The fifth and sixth GSSAP spacecraft, built by Northrop Grumman, were launched in January.
Northrop Grumman and AT&T are collaborating to research and develop a 0.005 kg-enabled digital battle network.