Eagle-3

From missile warning and strategic communications to scientific discovery, Northrop Grumman’s Eagle-3 is a highly reliable, resilient spacecraft for the most challenging and essential missions. […]

Protected: James Webb Space Telescope: How Northrop Grumman Prepared the Webb Sunshield to Unfold Flawlessly in Space

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Protected: Hyperspectral Imaging

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One Shot to do the Impossible: The Intense Testing of the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope will orbit far beyond the reach of human repairmen, so engineers only got one shot to get it right. To prepare for this, Northrop Grumman conduced some of the most intense tests ever devised. […]

SpaceLogistics

SpaceLogistics provides cooperative space logistics and in-orbit satellite servicing to geosynchronous satellite operators using its fleet of commercial servicing vehicles. […]

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

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James Webb Space Telescope

As the prime contractor, Northrop Grumman led the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. […]

Space

We provide end-to-end space capabilities for a broad range of customers like NASA, the Department of Defense (DoD), US Air Force, US Space Force and a variety of commercial entities. Northrop Grumman will win the future of space. […]

NASA Commercial Resupply Mission NG-18

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Cygnus Spacecraft

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NASA Commercial Resupply Mission NG 17

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Sentinel – The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent

Northrop Grumman’s LGM-35A Sentinel (GBSD) program for the U.S. Air Force is the weapon system replacement for the aging LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system. […]

JP9102

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IEEE

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Cutting Edge Optronics – Doing Business with CEO

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Cutting Edge Optronics

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Minotaur Rocket

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Next Generation Interceptor

Building on decades of experience as a prime contractor for major defense programs, Northrop Grumman will provide a comprehensive NGI solution that supports operational deployment to urgent national security needs. […]

Commercial Space Station

Northrop Grumman’s space station concept provides the foundation for a new economy in space. […]

About Sentinel (GBSD)

Northrop Grumman has been awarded the U.S. Air Force’s LGM-35A Sentinel (GBSD) contract to replace the aging ICBM System. […]

Counter Hypersonics

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Space-Comm Expo

On 7th and 8th September at Space-Comm Expo, we’ll be joining over 100 exhibitors from across the world at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. Robert Hauge, President, SpaceLogistics LLC, a Northrop Grumman company will be talking about satellite life extension and resiliency in geostationary orbit at the event. The Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1), […]

Civil and Commercial Space

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NASA’s Artemis Program

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Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS)

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Northrop Grumman and STAR HARBOR to Collaborate on Commercial Space Station Research and Astronaut Training

Northrop Grumman and STAR HARBOR announced a collaboration for market research and the early development of an astronaut training curricula for Northrop Grumman’s space station concept. […]

Game Changer Part III: Triumph

In the Spring of 2018, questions from the media, Congress and the science community swirled around NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope program. The headlines weren’t kind. […]

Cosmic Game Changer: Northrop Grumman and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

The story of how NASA, together with an industry team led by Northrop Grumman, achieved the unprecedented: a tool for exploration of the deepest mysteries of our existence. […]

Game Changer Part II: Northrop Grumman and the James Webb Space Telescope’s Confounding Sunshield

From day one, everyone involved in the program knew that when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived on orbit it would change humanity’s understanding of our cosmic origins. If it worked… […]

Spacecraft Components

Northrop Grumman is a leading designer, producer and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. […]

Beyond the Boneyard

Northrop Grumman finds creative solutions to end-of-life management. From STEM education to technician training and public display, Northrop Grumman is demonstrating that there is still plenty of life in end-of-life technology. […]

Virtual Reality Brings Engineers to the Moon

Northrop Grumman engineers use virtual reality and 3D-printed models to step into astronauts’ shoes and test the feasibility of procedures in the lunar module. […]

Keeping Astronauts Safe with NASA’s Orion Spacecraft’s Launch Abort System

Northrop Grumman keeps astronauts safe with its launch abort system that will be part of the Artemis mission. […]

Protected: Slider Test James Webb Space Telescope

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Creating Zero G on a Planet Weighed Down by Gravity

Thanks to weights, pulleys and other forms of ground support equipment, Northrop Grumman engineers can mimic the weightlessness of zero G. […]

The Backplane of NASA’s Webb Telescope Offers a Strong, Steady Hand

The backplane of James Webb Space Telescope will hold the weight of more than 5,300 pounds of optics and instruments — while staying calm in a cold environment. […]

Antares Rocket

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Missile Defense

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Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS)

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Pegasus Rocket

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Ground-based Midcourse System

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Rising to the Occasion: Northrop Grumman and the Sentinel (GBSD) Program

The U.S. Air Force’s Sentinel Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) is the weapon system replacement for the aging LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system (ICBM). Sentinel (GBSD) represents the modernization of the ground-based leg of the nuclear triad. […]

Sentinel – Studies and Reports

Read key studies and reports about the U.S. Air Force’s LGM-35A Sentinel (GBSD) program, which will modernize the ground-based leg of the nuclear triad. […]

Cryocoolers

Capabilities Refrigeration Capacity: 2W @ 45 K 8W @ 77 K 23W @ 150 K Compressor Input Power: Up to 180 W Reliability: >90% at 87,600 hours (10 years) Environment: -40 C to -70 C Exported Vibration: < 50 mN Drive Axis < 200 mN Pulse Tube Axis Mass (single stage): < 4.5 kg Mass […]

Technical Details for the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is peering into the past to unlock the mysteries of our universe. Learn about the technical details of this ambitious mission. […]

The Coolest Technology: Cryocoolers

Cryocoolers are machines that keep sensors extremely cold so that satellites and space telescopes can take pictures on long-term missions. Whether we’re looking back toward Earth or outward into deep space, the sensors that capture images require extremely low temperatures. […]