Intelsat has signed an agreement with SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, to use the latter’s Mission Extension Vehicles to extend the life of its communication satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit. The MEV-2 satellite servicer will remain docked with the Intelsat 10-02 satellite and extend its life for an additional four years until […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s Common 50 High Performance large solid rocket motor system recently underwent a static fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. Designed entirely digitally with the use of model-based systems engineering, C50HP upper stage solid rocket motor was developed in part for the Next Generation Interceptor program, Northrop said Wednesday. […] More

Northrop Grumman has entered into an agreement with NVIDIA to access and use the latter's portfolio of artificial intelligence and generative AI platforms to advance the development of advanced systems. The defense contractor said Thursday it will apply NVIDIA's AI technologies and other software platforms, including its 3D graphics collaboration platform Omniverse, across its portfolio of capabilities.

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Candace Givens, formerly vice president of the overhead persistent infrared and geospatial systems business unit at Northrop Grumman, announced on LinkedIn Friday her promotion to VP of mission assurance at the company’s aeronautics systems sector. Givens first joined Northrop as an electrical harness designer in 1996. After over two years, she moved to Boeing in the same capacity. […] More

Andrew Jarrett, formerly senior director of the COLOMBIA integrated power systems operating unit at Northrop Grumman, announced on LinkedIn Friday that he has been promoted to vice president of marine systems. Jarrett commenced his tenure with the defense and space manufacturer in January 2020, initially assuming the role of quality and mission excellence director before advancing to senior director of the company’s launcher systems operating unit.

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Northrop Grumman and SpaceX are working together on a classified satellite constellation for a U.S. intelligence agency to gather high-resolution Earth imagery and help improve the U.S. government's ability to monitor military and intelligence targets, Reuters reported Thursday. According to the report, SpaceX secured a potential $1.8 billion contract from the National Reconnaissance Office in 2021 for the classified satellite project.

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Northrop Grumman has entered into a partnership with EpiSci to develop and deliver tactical autonomy tools for unmanned and uncrewed aerial systems to U.S. and international customers. Under the agreement, Northrop will integrate EpiSci's TacticalAI software into its aeronautics system architecture to advance the development and deployment of secure autonomous systems designed to meet warfighters' mission requirements.

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The U.S. Air Force has conducted a static fire test of the stage-3 solid rocket motor of the ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile system being developed by Northrop Grumman as a replacement for the Minuteman III ICBM. The test was conducted at the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee and validated the design and performance of the LGM-35A Sentinel's propulsion system, the Air Force Materiel Command said Saturday.

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Northrop Grumman has secured a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to produce the initial batches of next-generation digital radar warning receivers designed to protect military assets from advanced airborne threats. The AN/APR-39E(V)2 is an open-architecture technology that uses a smart antenna and advanced processing to detect radio frequency threats over a broad range of spectrum, including the millimeter-wave band of frequencies, Northop said Monday.

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Viasat has secured a four-year contract from Northrop Grumman to provide a company-built satellite system in support of a U.S. Air Force initiative that seeks to connect commercial space internet services for military users. As part of the deal, Viasat said Thursday it will supply its ViaSat-3 Satellite Communications Network to facilitate high-bandwidth satellite internet connectivity on existing aircraft or ground vehicles for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 003 program.

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Northrop Grumman has completed the first booster obsolescence and life extension motor segment for NASA's Space Launch System solid rocket booster ahead of its demonstration test set for late 2024. The company said Monday the BOLE adds nearly five metric tons of payload capacity to the next SLS configuration, Block 2, compared to the SLS Block 1B configuration scheduled to fly on Artemis IV.

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Northrop Grumman has demonstrated new combat edge processing software designed to receive and share situational awareness data on warfighters' handheld devices without linking to a cloud server outside the battlefield. 

The Potomac Officers Club will host the Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum on March 14 to explore the future of Combined JADC2 and its impact on international security. Register here!

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