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.

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Northrop Grumman and L3Harris Technologies completed a critical design review of a relay ground station for missile warning and tracking, which will be used by the U.S. Space Systems Command in the Pacific. Northrop said Thursday that it is developing Relay Ground Station-Asia under a contract with the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, which plans to replace its missile warning system by 2025.

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Northrop Grumman conducted a series of demonstrations of the Integrated Battle Command System involving simulated attacks in the Washington metropolitan area. The event, which was held at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, showcased the capability of IBCS to integrate sensors and effectors used by the U.S. armed forces in the face of complex threats, the company said Monday.

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Voyager Space and Northrop Grumman have unveiled plans to collaborate to enhance the capabilities of the Starlab space station and Cygnus spacecraft. The teaming agreement involves developing a fully autonomous rendezvous docking system to upgrade Cygnus and use it in Starlab missions.

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Chris Orlowski, a veteran in the defense industry with over two decades of experience at Northrop Grumman, has been named vice president of engineering at Austal USA. Orlowski oversees a team of over 350 professionals and manages the structural, mechanical, electrical and systems, integrated logistics support, naval architecture and program engineering divisions.

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Northrop Grumman has delivered ten booster motor segments that will be built into NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket. The components, which will make up the twin solid rocket boosters of SLS, arrived by rail at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, NASA announced.

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Northrop Grumman said Monday that engine tests have begun on the B-21 Raider, a strategic bomber aircraft the company is developing with the U.S. Air Force. The service branch and the company had announced progress on the B-21 program at a conference hosted by the Air and Space Forces Association from Sept. 11 to 13 […] More

Northrop Grumman said Monday that engine tests have begun on the B-21 Raider, a strategic bomber aircraft the company is developing with the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman built the first B-21 Raider test unit as production representative. The defense contractor also incorporated sustainment strategies during the design phase. More

The U.S. Navy has granted initial operating capability status to Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft. The IOC declaration comes three years after the MQ-4C Triton achieved early operational capability, the company said Thursday. The unmanned aircraft is designed for high-altitude and high-endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It has an operating altitude that […] More

The U.S. Navy has granted initial operating capability status to Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft. Northrop has so far delivered five units of the aircraft, which is designed for high-altitude and high-endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, to the service branch. More

Northrop Grumman is advancing its vision of a connected battlespace, called BattleOne, by pursuing the development of next-generation, command-and-control platforms like the Integrated Battle Command System. IBCS works to support air and missile defense operations by connecting multinational and multiservice sensors and effectors into a single, integrated C2 system to enable commanders and soldiers to […] More

Northrop Grumman is advancing its vision of a connected battlespace, called BattleOne, by pursuing the development of next-generation, command-and-control platforms like the Integrated Battle Command System. IBCS works to support air and missile defense operations by connecting multinational and multiservice sensors and effectors into a single, integrated C2 system to enable commanders and soldiers to quickly view data and make informed decisions using that data collected from across the battlefield. More