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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Amer Khouri, head of Northrop Grumman’s commercial satellite division, estimated that 20 to 30 GEO satellites will retire over the next five years.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductSep 10, 2019GEO satellite orders are up, but full rebound remains to be seen

In July NASA announced its intent to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost after determining that company was the only one that could have a module ready in time to support a 2024 landing mission.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2019ISS partners endorse modified Gateway plans

The Air Force awarded $2,200,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance in 2018.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2019Claims court punts SpaceX’s LSA bid protest to California court

Both NASA and Northrop Grumman listed the James Webb Space Telescope launch date as 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 28, 2019JWST’s two sections assembled for the first time

The spacecraft element of the James Webb Space Telescope was built at Northrop Grumman and recently completed its environmental tests.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 28, 2019JWST’s two sections assembled for the first time

On 2019-08-28, engineers at a Northrop Grumman facility in California mated the observatory’s telescope element with the spacecraft bus and sunshield.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 28, 2019JWST’s two sections assembled for the first time

The Delta 4 Medium’s final mission used two solid-fueled strap-on boosters supplied by Northrop Grumman and a cryogenic RS-68A first-stage engine from Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2019Last Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite

After opening subsequent GPS-3 satellites to competition, the Air Force selected Lockheed Martin again in 2018 for up to 22 follow-on satellites valued at $7,200,000,000 after Boeing and Northrop Grumman declined to bid.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2019Last Delta 4 Medium launches GPS-3 satellite

NASA announced an intent in July to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman to build a mini-hab module for the Gateway that will serve as an initial habitation module.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2019NASA issues call for proposals for Gateway logistics

Northrop Grumman was one of six companies working on habitation module designs under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships 2 program and was the only company NASA concluded could deliver a module in time to support a 2024 human mission to the lunar surface.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 19, 2019NASA issues call for proposals for Gateway logistics

Northrop Grumman was awarded four OSP-3 task-order missions—NROL-111, NROL-129, NROL-174, and AFMC-1—that will launch over the next two years.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 16, 2019Air Force soliciting bids for small, medium satellite launch program

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems will launch a National Reconnaissance Office payload later 2019 using a Minotaur launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 16, 2019Air Force soliciting bids for small, medium satellite launch program

The Air Force selected contractors for OSP-3 in 2012: SpaceX, Orbital Sciences Corp (later Orbital ATK, then Northrop Grumman), and Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 16, 2019Air Force soliciting bids for small, medium satellite launch program

The Air Force awarded a Launch Service Agreement in 2018 to Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman to help pay for rocket development and infrastructure.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2019Blue Origin files protest over ‘flawed’ Air Force launch procurement

United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin are developing new rockets and upgrading existing vehicles for the Phase 2 competition.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2019ULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman submit bids for national security launch procurement contract

NASA planned to award a sole-source contract for the lunar Gateway habitation module to Northrop Grumman to support the agency’s goal of a human lunar landing in 2024.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 12, 2019NASA planning to keep BEAM module on ISS for the long haul

The Aerospace Corporation's two-satellite AeroCube 10 mission was released from the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft on August 7, 2023.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2019AeroCube 10, jam-packed with experiments, deploys from Cygnus

In 1962, 11 firms were invited to submit proposals for the Apollo lunar module, nine companies responded, and Grumman Aircraft was awarded the lunar module contract two months later.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 2, 2019How NASA’s return to the moon will be different from its first journeys there

Northrop Grumman is developing and building on-orbit servicing vehicles such as the Mission Extension Vehicle.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2019DARPA’s satellite servicing robot to get another shot

The Air Force awarded Boeing and Northrop Grumman contracts to develop preliminary GBSD designs under the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJul 25, 2019Northrop’s strong grip on solid rocket motor market crippled Boeing in ICBM competition
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