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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Construction of Northrop Grumman’s Albuquerque building is expected to be completed in February 2023.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 12, 2022Northrop Grumman Expanding Their Footprint With New Space + Mission Ops Facility

In the original Human Landing System competition that SpaceX won, Lockheed Martin was part of the National Team led by Blue Origin that also included Northrop Grumman and Draper.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductApr 7, 2022Artemis lunar lander contenders revisit team rosters for round two

Northrop Grumman was considering both partnering again with Blue Origin and leading a separate team for the new Sustaining Lunar Development competition.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 7, 2022Artemis lunar lander contenders revisit team rosters for round two

The Space Development Agency also selected Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to supply satellites for Tranche 1.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 5, 2022York Space to triple satellite production to meet military and commercial demand

Northrop Grumman received $125,600,000 from NASA for a CLD proposal based on its Cygnus cargo spacecraft and the HALO module.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductApr 5, 2022Orbital Reef passes design review

The Missile Defense Agency will launch two prototype infrared satellites in late 2023, one from L3Harris and one from Northrop Grumman, to conduct experiments.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductApr 4, 2022New L3Harris space boss says it’s time to rethink risk tolerance

Northrop Grumman won $34,800,000 in September 2021 to support work on sustainable lunar lander concepts through NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) Appendix N.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2022Northrop Grumman weighing options for new Artemis lunar lander competition

NASA awarded Northrop Grumman six additional Cygnus cargo missions on 2022-03-25 under Northrop Grumman’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract originally awarded in 2016.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2022Northrop Grumman weighing options for new Artemis lunar lander competition

Northrop Grumman produces the twin solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System and was awarded a contract to supply flight sets to support Artemis missions through 2031.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2022Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests The Crucial Abort Motor For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

Northrop Grumman uses the Antares launch vehicle to launch Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2022Northrop Grumman weighing options for new Artemis lunar lander competition

Under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, SpaceX and Northrop Grumman are contracted to launch to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 30, 2022Sidus Space’s LizzieSat’s™ Forward Progression To The ISS Aboard Nasa’s Resupply Services Rocket

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) opened a new building in Longbow Park in Boulder, Colorado to support the Overhead Persistent Infrared Exploitation (OPIR) and Advanced Mission Systems (AMS) programs.

Mentioned as: Northrop Grumman CorporationTechnical ProductMar 25, 2022Northrop Grumman Building Expansion Will Support OPIR + AMS Programs

Nanoracks, Northrop Grumman, and Sierra Space are part of teams that won more than $400,000,000 in awards from NASA in December under the first phase of the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations effort.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 25, 2022Additional funding unlikely to accelerate commercial space station projects

York Space Systems’ lower bid price is likely attributable to its internal manufacture of satellite buses while Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are procuring satellite buses from partner companies.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 23, 2022Satellite supplier with in-house production bid the lowest price for DoD constellation

SDA awarded a $692,000,000 Transport Layer Tranche 1 contract to Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 23, 2022Satellite supplier with in-house production bid the lowest price for DoD constellation

Two-thirds of the 126 Transport Layer satellites will be built by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman under contracts worth $700,000,000 and $692 million, respectively.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 22, 2022On National Security | DoD’s internet-in-space a win for commercial space

A joint government and Northrop Grumman contractor team operated STSS from the Missile Defense Space Center ground station as part of MDA’s Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 16, 2022Missile Defense Agency Retires Two Missile Tracking Satellites

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are expected to launch their PTS prototype payloads in 2024 for on-orbit demonstrations.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 16, 2022Boeing’s satellite communications payload for U.S. Space Force passes design review

Northrop Grumman won a 2020 contract worth $253,000,000 to design a payload for the Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 16, 2022Boeing’s satellite communications payload for U.S. Space Force passes design review

The two prototype PTS payloads being built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman will operate in geosynchronous Earth orbit to be compatible with military terminals that point only to GEO satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMar 16, 2022Boeing’s satellite communications payload for U.S. Space Force passes design review
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