Polaris Intelligence
Polaris
Intelligence
AboutNational IntelligenceOrganizationsProductsMissionsSpacecraftConstellationsForecastsLatest Information
Explore
© Polaris Intelligence 2026Admin

Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
Admin Edit

All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

DARPA’s Blackjack program awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract for Phase 2 development of an advanced, software-defined positioning, navigation and timing payload with options to build units destined for space flight.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralSep 16, 2021Northrop Grumman’s LEO Satellite Payload For DARPA’s PNT

Northrop Grumman received an Appendix N award of $34,800,000.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductSep 14, 2021NASA selects five companies for lunar lander studies

Northrop Grumman tests the Arrays at Commercial Timescales Integration and Validation (ACT-IV) digital AESA system for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) at the company radar range in Linthicum, Maryland.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2021AFRL + DARPA Receive The Advanced Multifunction Sensor System From Northrop Grumman

TacRL-2 launched a surveillance satellite developed in less than a year on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket deployed from a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar carrier aircraft.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2021Virgin Orbit eyes growth in military ‘responsive’ launch

Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of Orbital ATK in 2018 was approved by regulators on condition that Northrop implement behavioral remedies requiring it to supply motors to competitors.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2021Bipartisan group of lawmakers presses DoD to back Lockheed-Aerojet merger

The Space Force launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 30, 2021HASC chairman wants updated DoD plan for ‘tactically responsive space launch’

Astroscale is developing a servicer spacecraft called Life Extension In-Orbit to dock with geostationary satellites and take over stationkeeping and attitude control similar to Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021Astroscale complete first test of satellite capture technology

L3Harris and Northrop Grumman are required to deliver satellites to MDA by 2023.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021The Pentagon’s hyperfocus on hypersonic missile threat

Northrop Grumman won a $155,000,000 contract from MDA to develop a second HBTSS satellite.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 25, 2021The Pentagon’s hyperfocus on hypersonic missile threat

Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics docked its Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) to a geostationary satellite in February.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021The Space Report 2021: 36th Annual Space Symposium Special Edition Executive Summary

Northrop Grumman’s HCB-enabled gateway solutions are designed to provide high-speed, secure, open, and platform-agnostic communications capabilities for the Department of Defense’s JADC2 effort.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 18, 2021Northrop Grumman Demo Integrates High Speed Connectivity System With L3Harris High Speed Processing Capabilities

Northrop Grumman’s 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK was approved by regulators on the condition that Northrop implement behavioral remedies requiring it to supply motors to competitors.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2021Federal Trade Commission chair appears skeptical of proposed Lockheed-Aerojet merger

Orbital ATK secured nearly $800,000,000 in 2018 in Air Force funding to support the OmegA project.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2021Northrop Grumman has not ruled out another try at national security space launch

Carlos Niederstrasser of Northrop Grumman has produced an annual survey of the small launch industry since 2015 tracking development efforts worldwide.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 11, 2021Supply of small launch vehicles continues to grow

Northrop Grumman lost to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX in Phase 2 of the National Security Space Launch program in 2020.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2021Northrop Grumman has not ruled out another try at national security space launch

Orbital ATK unveiled plans in 2016 to develop a solid-fueled heavy-lift launch vehicle intended for U.S. national security satellite launches.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanAug 11, 2021Northrop Grumman has not ruled out another try at national security space launch

A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ rocket launched the NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft on 2021-08-10 from Pad 0A at the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductAug 10, 2021Antares launches NG-16 Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft

Northrop Grumman’s 16th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA is delivering more than 3,719 kg of science investigations, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 10, 2021Successful Launch Of Northrop Grumman’s Resupply and NASA Science Mission

Northrop Grumman developed an infrared camera called the Prototype Infrared Payload (PIRPL) that is flying on the NG-16 Cygnus for the Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 10, 2021Antares launches NG-16 Cygnus space station cargo spacecraft

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Tuesday, 2021-08-10.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2021Successful Launch Of Northrop Grumman’s Resupply and NASA Science Mission
Page59of89