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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman may consider spinning off their space divisions to merge with smaller NewSpace entities for better valuations.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 15, 2025SpaceX Initiates Formal IPO Process with Potential $800 Billion Valuation

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force completed a successful separation test of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) from an F-16 at Eglin Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 12, 2025Northrop Grumman & USAF Complete Critical F-16 Separation Test for SiAW Hypersonic Missile

The U.S. Space Force has awarded prototype contracts to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly for the 'Golden Dome' program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 11, 2025Space Force Taps Primes for ‘Golden Dome’ Prototypes; MTSI Lands $416M AFGSC Order

The astronauts supervised the arrival and departure of uncrewed resupply ships, including Northrop Grumman's upgraded Cygnus XL spacecraft and JAXA's HTV-X spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 10, 2025ロシアのソユーズ宇宙船、3人の宇宙飛行士と地球に帰還–ISSで8カ月滞在

The legacy Applied Aerospace operation has supplied hardware to customers such as Northrop Grumman, RTX (Raytheon), Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (Ball Aerospace).

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2025Applied Aerospace and PCX create US flight and space hardware group

Northrop Grumman is assembling the BAMM!29 2.0 motor, a larger 29-inch diameter variant, as the next phase of the SMART campaign.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

The successful static fire of SMASH!22 provides Northrop Grumman with verified data to present these manufacturing techniques to government customers, including the U.S. Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 9, 2025Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

The SMASH!22 static fire test validates Northrop Grumman’s shift toward automated manufacturing and digital engineering.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

Northrop Grumman successfully static fired the new SMASH!22 solid rocket motor on December 4, developed in less than one year.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

The SMASH!22 static fire was executed under Northrop Grumman’s Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology (SMART) demonstrator program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

For the SMASH!22 project, Northrop Grumman achieved a design-to-test timeline of under 12 months.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 9, 2025Northrop Grumman Validates Rapid-Prototyping with Successful “SMASH!22”

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and Roscosmos jointly planned the repositioning of Cygnus XL to clear the way for the arrival of the crewed Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Nov. 27.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 7, 2025Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use

The Cygnus XL spacecraft is flying Northrop Grumman's 23rd commercial resupply mission for NASA.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 7, 2025Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Anduril Industries received 'Golden Dome' awards.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 5, 2025USSF/MDA Quietly Issues “Golden Dome” Space-Based Interceptor Award

Applied Aerospace's customers include L3Harris, Sierra Space, Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, and NASA.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 3, 2025Latest News

On November 27, Northrop Grumman's cargo spacecraft Cygnus XL was repositioned to the Earth-facing port of the Unity module.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 2, 2025史上初、ISSのドッキングポートがすべて埋まる–8機の宇宙船で

Northrop Grumman was formed after a series of mergers involving several companies.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 2, 2025La NASA lanza una audaz misión para salvar el telescopio Neil Gehrels Swift

The U.S. Space Force awarded initial contracts for the development of space-based interceptor prototypes to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly on November 29, 2025.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 1, 2025USSF Awards Initial ‘Golden Dome’ Prototype Contracts, Signaling Strategic Shift to Space-Based Defense

NASA, Northrop Grumman, and Roscosmos coordinated the move of Cygnus XL to provide clearance for Soyuz MS-28's arrival.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductNov 26, 2025Soyuz rocket positioned at Baikonur for ISS crew launch as Cygnus XL temporarily removed

The Cygnus XL resupply spacecraft is part of Northrop Grumman's NG-23 mission for NASA.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 26, 2025Soyuz rocket positioned at Baikonur for ISS crew launch as Cygnus XL temporarily removed
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