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December 11, 2002 Northrop Grumman completed its merger with and into TRW. [112] December 16, 2002 "Day One" event held at Space Park to celebrate Northrop Grumman's acquisition of TRW. [113] November 25, 2003 Grand opening of STPC (later renamed to APC) attended by U.S. Representative for Space Park's district, Jane Harman. [114]
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense company. With 95,000 employees [3] and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military technology providers.
The company also operates a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar wide body jetliner, which is named Stargazer and is used to air launch Pegasus rockets carrying payloads into space. [10] The Stargazer aircraft is also used for testing under specific programs. The Flight Systems Group became part of Northrop Grumman Space Systems on January 1, 2020.
Plant 42 has 3,200,000 square feet (300,000 m 2) of industrial space and a replacement value of $1.1 billion. Some of its facilities build aircraft, including the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk and other unmanned aircraft. [3] Others maintain and modify aircraft such as the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber. Still others make spare parts.
It is active, and is currently used by Northrop Grumman Minotaur rockets. The first launch from LP-0B was of a Minotaur I in December 2006, [ 25 ] and was the first launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.
Orbital's space launch vehicles are considered the industry standard for boosting small payloads to orbit. The Pegasus launch vehicle is launched from the company's L-1011 carrier aircraft, Stargazer and has proven to be the industry's small space launch workhorse, having conducted 40 missions from six different launch sites worldwide since ...
ATK worked with Northrop Grumman to produce the backplane support frame (BSF) for the James Webb Space Telescope. The BSF, center section, and wings form what is called the primary mirror backplane support system (PMBSS).
Antares (/ æ n ˈ t ɑː r iː z /), known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (later part of Northrop Grumman) and the Pivdenne Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs.