The Space Systems Command chose Northrop Grumman's Passive Refueling Module as the first preferred refueling standard for its satellites. Northrop said Monday that the system is a result of its agreement with SSC and the Defense Innovation Unit and is part of the Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker contract.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise will send to the International Space Station a commercial off-the-shelf supercomputer as part of an ISS National Laboratory-sponsored experiment meant to further assess high-performance computing in space and improve research capabilities on the orbiting lab. The updated HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 is based on HPE ProLiant and EdgeLine servers and is expected to launch no later than Jan. 29 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as part of Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission to the ISS, the national lab said Tuesday.

The U.S. Combat Air Force Distributed Training Center was able to complete its virtual training event with the help of Northrop Grumman's Distributed Mission Operations Network. Northrop Grumman announced Thursday that its DMON Argonne 24 team linked multiple F-22 and F-35 aircraft using a networked virtual aircraft simulator presenting a multi-domain threat scenario.

The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a contract modification to Northrop Grumman for the Maritime Targeting Cell - Afloat program. The new Maritime Targeting Cell - Expeditionary contract aims to provide a ground-based mobile data delivery system to improve targeting accuracy during combat, the company said Wednesday.

The performance of Northrop Grumman's second-stage intercontinental ballistic missile solid rocket motor has been demonstrated before the U.S. Air Force at the branch's Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee. The company announced Tuesday that it conducted a live, static-fire test of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM stage-two rocket motor through a high-altitude and space flight simulation inside a vacuum chamber.

Northrop Grumman completed a full-scale static test fire of a new solid rocket motor that was produced with materials and processes that shorten lead times by 75 percent. The event is part of the Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator program, the company said Friday.

Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman were selected by the U.S. Army for other transaction authority agreements with Project Director Sensors - Aerial Intelligence to advance the Launched Effects payload program. Northrop Grumman was awarded an OTA deal for two payloads while Lockheed received an order for one payload as part of the first LE development phase, the Army's Program Executive Office - Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors announced Wednesday.

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $265 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue providing engineering and logistics support services for a U.S. Marine Corps multimission radar system designed to detect and track remotely piloted vehicles, cruise missiles and other airborne threats. The modification increases the ceiling value of a previously awarded basic ordering agreement to $514.3 million, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Northrop Grumman has concluded the design review of 16 satellites intended for an expansive network that will facilitate conventional and advanced missile tracking from low-Earth orbit. The company said Wednesday the critical design review is part of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer project, which seeks to use the satellites for identifying hypersonic weapons and advanced missiles from their initial launch phases to interception.

Northrop Grumman will make a $200 million investment in the construction of a new facility in Waynesboro, Virginia, that will focus on manufacturing and testing advanced electronics. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday announced Northrop’s plan, which is expected to create more than 300 jobs in the city over the next five years.

The U.S. Air Force's B-21 Raider, built by Northrop Grumman, has taken its first flight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, where it has been under development as the sixth-generation nuclear-capable stealth bomber. The Air Force plans to order 100 B-21 bomber aircraft with long-range and mid-air refueling capabilities to bring conventional and nuclear weapons to U.S. forces worldwide.

Northrop Grumman has completed thermal vacuum testing on the satellite constellation it is building for a Space Norway-led mission to provide broadband communications across the northern polar region. The Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission comprises two satellites, each carrying an X-Band payload for the Norwegian defense ministry, a Ka-band payload for Viasat and Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads for the U.S. Space Force, Northrop said Tuesday.