This is a $1,310,899.36 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for the development of two technical areas under the Integrated Receiver and Switch Technology (IRAST) project. The first area involves developing a highly integrated heterodyne receiver capable of simultaneously observing the 424 GHz oxygen band and the 448 GHz water vapor band. The second area focuses on submillimeter wave switch...
This is a $5,258,852 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Targeting and Survivability Division for the production of Inertial Reference Units (IRUs) for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) program. The contract has a completion date of June 25, 2023 and does not have a set-aside designation. Northrop Grumman is a major defense and aerospace contractor that has delivered a range of navigation systems,...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Space Development Agency to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation to develop a Prototype Infrared Payload (PIRPL) for spacecraft. The $15,231,585.00 contract has a completion date of February 8, 2022. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor, and Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation and Frontgrade Technologies Inc. are identified as major subcontractors. The work includes developing a schedule and price proposal, designing and fabricating...
This federal contract, awarded by the Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center, is for "Overhead Persistent Infrared Fire Watch Support" to be performed by Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Payload And Ground Systems Division, doing business as Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Division. The contract has a potential value of $150,000.00 and is a firm fixed price purchase order. It is associated with the Space-Based Infrared System, a major...
This is a firm fixed-price federal contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, with a ceiling value of $550,000. The contract is for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation Spacecraft Study, with an ultimate completion date of August 27, 2021. This contract is not set aside. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a major aerospace and defense contractor that provides various products and services to...
This $600,456.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Space Systems Division, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, is for research and development of "Heterogeneous Integration of High Operating Temperature Barrier IR Detectors and Waveguides: Integrated Photonics for IR Hyperspectral Sensing". The grant supports the development of advanced space-based infrared (IR) sensing technologies, including...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a defense agency within the U.S. Air Force, to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation. The $4,655,127.02 contract is for sensor sustainment services, with a period of performance running through May 2027. No set-aside designation was used. Northrop Grumman's Payload and Ground Systems division is the prime contractor. Key subcontractors include Raytheon Company and the University of Texas at Dallas, who are providing...
This federal contract award to Orbital Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, is for the Electro-Optical/Infrared Weather System (EWS) mission, hosting the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) as its primary payload. The contract is a $900,000.00 firm fixed-price delivery order under the RAPID III Spacecraft Acquisition contract vehicle, awarded by the Goddard Space Center on behalf of the Department of Defense, Space and Missile Systems Center. The contract has...
This is a delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract, valued at $825,000.00, is for an "Atmosphere Observing System Inclined Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Spacecraft Accommodation Study." The contract is a firm-fixed price delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (RAPID...
This firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Payload and Ground Systems Division, by the Air Force Materiel Command. The $3,131,572.33 contract provides support for launch and early on-orbit testing, ground sustainment, and closure of the Space Based Infrared Systems - Experimental Sub-System (SBIRS ESS) program. The work is being performed in Azusa, California under a task order of the Small Spacecraft Prototyping Engineering Development and...
This is a definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Northrop Grumman), through its Military Aircraft Systems division doing business as Aerospace Systems. The contract, valued at $1,689,694.00, is for the design and manufacturing of sub-systems for the Submillimeter-Wave and Infrared Polarimeter (SWIRP) instrument, which is part of the Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) Instrument Incubator Program (IIP). Northrop Grumman will be responsible for three of the eight primary sub-systems: a 680 GHz dual-polarized receiver, a 220 GHz dual-polarized receiver, and a miniaturized bearing and power transfer assembly. The University of Arizona and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will be responsible for the remaining sub-systems. This contract does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by November 30, 2019.