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Northrop Grumman will build its satellites at its Space Park campus in Redondo Beach.
Northrop Grumman will receive $764 million under the contracts to deliver 18 space vehicles.
On December 19, 2025, the Space Development Agency awarded two agreements totaling $1.6 billion to Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman to build and operate 36 satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Northrop Grumman’s award brings its total satellite commitments for the PWSA to 150 vehicles.
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies, and Rocket Lab were selected to each produce 18 space vehicles for the Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
L3Harris received $843 million and Northrop Grumman received $764 million for providing missile warning and tracking configurations.
Northrop Grumman and Luminary Cloud are designing a physics AI foundation model for spacecraft propulsion.
Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab USA, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies are to build 72 satellites for Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer under more than $3.5 billion in Other Transaction Authority rapid prototyping contracts.
Northrop Grumman is set to deliver 150 satellites as part of Tranches 1, 2, and 3 for the Space Development Agency’s missile defense initiative.
Northrop Grumman’s TRKT3 satellites will help provide scalable solutions for rapid missile warning and tracking.
The first plane of Northrop Grumman’s Transport Layer of Tranche 1 satellites is scheduled for launch in early 2026.
Northrop Grumman is providing space vehicles and ground systems for the tracking and transport layers of the next-generation constellation.
Northrop Grumman received $764 million for the work on the Tracking Layer of Tranche 3.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are to build 72 satellites for the Beta effort of the Transport Layer, with each company responsible for 36 satellites.
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a Tracking Layer of Tranche 3 (TRKT3) contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to deliver missile warning and tracking satellites.
Northrop Grumman is on course to enhance the capabilities of PWSA with the delivery of 150 satellites as part of Tranches 1, 2, and 3.
Had Tranche 3 remained paused, production lines at vendors like York Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin would be at risk of going cold.
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman may consider spinning off their space divisions to merge with smaller NewSpace entities for better valuations.
SpaceX's valuation is nearly ten times higher than Northrop Grumman's, despite Northrop Grumman's critical role in strategic deterrence.
Northrop Grumman is valued at $87.2 billion.