Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Relationship Overview

Total Contract Value: $12,810,804,977

Contract Count: 23

Average Contract Size: $557.0M

Sole Source Rate: 0%

Small Business Rate: 0%

Spending by Sector

R&D: $6.8B (15 contracts)
Defense: $5.3B (4 contracts)
Other: $690.1M (3 contracts)
IT: $24.9M (1 contracts)

Contracts

FIRST DDT AND E, ARES I-X, AND FLIGHT TESTS. FIRST STAGE WILL BE A FIVE SEGMENT, SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER DERIVED FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (SSP) SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER (SRB)/REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR (RSRM). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH THE NECESSARY MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, LABOR, FACILITIES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR FIRST STAGE DEVELOPMENT, QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROGRAM. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: REDESIGN AND TESTING OF THE MOTOR TO INCORPORATE THE FIFTH SEGMENT AND PRODUCTION OF FIVE FULL SCALE GROUND STATIC TEST MOTORS: TWO DEVELOPMENT MOTORS (DMS)-AND THREE QUALIFICATION MOTORS (QMS); STRUCTURAL TEST ARTICLE (STA), GROUND VIBRATION TEST MOTORS (GVTMS) AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT TESTING; REDESIGN OF THE AVIONICS, DECELERATION, SEPARATION, AND FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM (FTS) SUBSYSTEMS; ARES I-X: SIMULATED ARES I OUTER MOLD LINE/MASS PROPERTIES USING MODIFIED SRB/RSRM; AND THREE FLIGHT TEST VEHICLES. TAS::80 0124::TAS — $4.4B
THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) PHASE 2 OBSERVATORY CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE SPACECRAFT, THE OPTICAL TELESCOPE ELEMENT (OTE), PORTIONS OF THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE INSTRUMENT MODULE (ISIM), OBSERVATORY AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND TEST (I&T), OBSERVATORY VERIFICATION, OBSERVATORY COMMISSIONING, ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND THE GROUND AND LAUNCH SUPPORT EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH THE JWST OBSERVATORY. — $4.3B
IGF::OT::IGF NEXTSTEP NRA AWARD. THIS NEXTSTEP CONTRACT BUILDS UPON THE SUCCESS OF COMMERCIAL ORBITAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES SPACE ACT AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND AN EXISTING INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES (CRS) CONTRACT. ORBITAL HAS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED FROM COTS TO THE CRS PROGRAM, FLYING THREE VERY SUCCESSFUL PRESSURIZED CARGO RESUPPLY MISSIONS TO THE ISS, USING THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT. ORBITAL ALSO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED SPACECRAFT FOR SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION TO INCLUDE THE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL DAWN MISSION. THIS MISSION WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2007, COMPLETED ITS RENDEZVOUS MISSION AT VESTA IN JULY 2012 AND IS EN ROUTE TO CERES IN EARLY 2015. WITH SPACE AGENCY BUDGETS CONTINUING TO BE TIGHT, EXPLORATION PLANS NEED TO EMPHASIZE EVOLUTION OF EXISTING SYSTEMS, WHERE COST AND SCHEDULE IS BETTER CONTROLLED, AND DEVELOPMENT RISK REDUCED. SPECIFICALLY, ELEMENTS OF THE CURRENT ISS, INCLUDING CYGNUS, CAN BE EVOLVED TO SUPPORT MORE DISTANT SPACE DESTINATIONS. TO SUPPORT THESE ENDEAVORS, ORBITAL CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT OF CYGNUS AND TO NEXTSTEP ACTIVITIES AND HAVE INVESTED IN THE COTS CRS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ENDEAVOR. ORBITAL'S EXPLORATION AUGMENTATION MODULE (BAM) ARCHITECTURE USES A MODULAR, BUILDING BLOCK APPROACH THAT LEVERAGES THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT TO EXPAND CISLUNAR AND LONG DURATION DEEP SPACE TRANSIT HABITATION CAPABILITIES AND TECHNOLOGIES CRITICAL TO NASAS LONG-TERM EXPLORATION GOALS. ORBITALS ARCHITECTURE CONCEPT BLENDS IN-PRODUCTION HARDWARE WITH ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION, PLANNING, AND FORWARD THINKING. CYGNUS WILL SERVE AS A MODULAR HABITAT AND TEST PLATFORM FOR QUALIFYING TECHNOLOGIES IN A DISTANT RETROGRADE ORBIT (DRO) OR IN A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO), EITHER WHILE ATTACHED TO THE ISS OR AS A FREE-FLYER. USING THE EXISTING, OPERATIONAL CYGNUS TO PERFORM THESE MISSIONS HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF DECREASING OVERALL DEVELOPMENT TIME AND COSTS, AND FREEING UP RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE SPENT ON DEVELOPING A SPACECRAFT TO FOCUS ON CULTIVATING MISSION ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A CYGNUS DERIVED EAM DEPLOYED IN CISLUNAR SPACE BEFORE 2020. THIS SPACECRAFT WILL BE THE FIRST BUILDING BLOCK IN SUPPORTING BOTH COMMERCIAL MARKETS AND GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES. THE PROPOSED EFFORT FOR THIS NEXTSTEP BAA PHASE I, INVOLVES DEFINING AN EAM ARCHITECTURE AND CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS (CONOPS) THAT ADDRESSES COMMERCIAL MARKETS AND NASA EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES, TECHNOLOGY MATURATION PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND TO IDENTIFY TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND DEMONSTRATED IN THE ISSILEO ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. TO MATURE HABITATION TECHNOLOGIES, THE CONTRACTOR WILL IDENTIFY STATE OF THE ART (SOA) TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS NASA TECHNOLOGY AREAS (TAS) DEFINED IN THE NASA TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP. FOCUS WILL BE ON MATURATION OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HABITATION THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AUTONOMOUS HABITATION SYSTEMS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT DOCKING AND CAPTURE MECHANISMS AND DEPLOYABLE HABITATION ELEMENTS — $1.6B
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, AND SERVICES NECESSARY TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, MANUFACTURE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND DELIVER THE HARDWARE, DOCUMENTATION, AND SERVICES SPECIFIED HEREIN. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT, AS REQUIRED, FOR PRE-DELIVERY MISSION INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS NPP MISSION OPERATIONS REVIEW AND JPSS DELTA-PDR. DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER TASKS SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SOW AND THE APPLICABLE DOCUMENTATION REFERENCED IN SECTION 2.3 HEREIN. COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS STATED HEREIN, SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR. — $584.3M
JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM-2 SPACECRAFT. GD-300HP CORE SPACECRAFT INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, SOURCE CODE, MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE JPSS-2 SPACECRAFT MISSION. — $569.5M
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, AND FACILITIES, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS CONTRACT, NECESSARY TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND OPERATE THE EOS COMMON SPACECRAFT. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL ITEMS/SERVICES REQUIRED BY THIS CONTRACT. — $284.7M
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR DESIGN, ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, TESTING, CALIBRATION, QUALIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, STORAGE, STORAGE TESTING, AND SUPPORT FOR SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION AND LAUNCH OF ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A (AMSU-A) PROTO-FLIGHT MODEL (PFM). VARIOUS ANALYTICAL MODELS AND TEST MODELS ARE REQUIRED. THE EFFORT INCLUDES GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND TEST AND CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT. IT ALSO INCLUDES A DESIGN CONCEPT REVIEW INSTRUMENT DELIVERY, STORAGE, POST-DELIVERY BENCH TESTING, SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION SUPPORT, PRE-LAUNCH AND POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT. REPORTING, REVIEWS AND DOCUMENTATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED. THE DELIVERABLE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS) AMSU-A INSTRUMENT IS A PFM AND OPTIONAL FLIGHT MODEL (FM). AMSU-A IS PLANNED FOR FLIGHT ON THE EOS PM SPACECRAFT. AMSU-A SHALL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EOS PM SPACECRAFT INTERFACES, AND SHALL MEET THE IN-ORBIT LIFETIME REQUIREMENT OF 3 YEARS WITH A GOAL OF 5 YEARS WITHOUT IN-ORBIT SERVICING. THE PROGRAM PHASE LEADING TO DELIVERY OF THE PFM SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS THE "BASIC PHASE" AND SHALL BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO SUB-PHASES, THE "SUPPORT PHASE" AND THE "IMPLEMENTATION PHASE." THE SUPPORT PHASE SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO ADDRESS: (1) THE EVOLVING SPACECRAFT INTERFACES, (2) SPECIAL INSTRUMENT STUDIES AND (3) PROGRAM PLANNING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE SHALL INCLUDE THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, TESTING AND DELIVERY OF THE PFM AND SHALL START WITH A PROGRAM INITIATION MEETING. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR REDESIGN (IF NECESSARY), ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, TESTING, CALIBRATION, QUALIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, AND SUPPORT FOR SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION AND LAUNCH OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES (METSAT) AMSU-A FM INSTRUMENTS. DEVELOPMENT OF THE METSAT AMSU-A INSTRUMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN FOUR TECHNICAL PHASES. PHASE 1 SHALL BE AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT AREAS OF THE METSAT INSTRUMENT REQUIRE REDESIGN. OBSOLETE COMPONENTS ARE TO BE REPLACED BY NEW COMPONENTS ONLY AFTER DESIGN ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PERFORMED AND MARGINS ARE ANALYTICALLY DEMONSTRATED. IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE HERITAGE IN THE EOS AMSU-A INSTRUMENT SHALL BE CONSIDERED AND PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR APPROVAL. PHASE 2 SHALL MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL DRAWINGS, PROCUREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS, MANUFACTURING FLOWS, SHOP ORDERS, TEST FIXTURES, TEST EQUIPMENT AND TEST PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT ARE DEFICIENT AND/OR REQUIRE UPGRADES. PHASE 3 WILL ACCOMPLISH THOSE ITEMS IDENTIFIED AS A RESULT OF PHASES 1 AND 2. PHASE 4 IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE WHICH INCLUDES THE FABRICATION, TEST AND CALIBRATION OF THE METSAT INSTRUMENTS. — $224.7M
THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) PROVIDES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDER (ATMS) METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS FOR USE ON BOARD THE NPOESS PREPARATORY PROJECT (NPP) SPACECRAFT AND THE NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITING OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SYSTEM (NPOESS). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE: PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY FOR DESIGN, ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, TESTING, CALIBRATION, QUALIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, STORAGE, STORAGE TESTING, AND SUPPORT FOR SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION OF ATMS INSTRUMENTS. VARIOUS ANALYTICAL MODELS AND TEST MODELS ARE REQUIRED. THE EFFORT INCLUDES GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND TEST AND CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT. IT ALSO INCLUDES A CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW (CDR) AND DELTA CDR ( CDR), INSTRUMENT DELIVERY, STORAGE, POST-DELIVERY BENCH TESTING, SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION SUPPORT AND TESTING, PRE-LAUNCH AND POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT. REPORTING, REVIEWS, AND DOCUMENTATION OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED. — $195.9M
THIS EFFORT IS FOR WORK PERFORMED DURING PHASE B THROUGH F OF THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS) MISSION. THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH OF THESE PHASES ARE PRESENTED IN INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS BELOW. THE EFFORT ALSO INCLUDES TASKS TO: DESIGN, ANALYZE, VALIDATE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND DELIVER THE TESS SPACECRAFT; INTEGRATE, TEST, AND OPERATE THE TESS OBSERVATORY; AND DEVELOP, TEST, OPERATE, AND SUSTAIN THE ASSOCIATED MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER (MOC). THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACECRAFT AND CAMERA ACCOMMODATION STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE SUNSHADE. THE TESS INSTRUMENT, CONSISTING OF THE CAMERA STRUCTURE ASSEMBLY, DATA HANDLING UNIT AND HARNESS, WILL BE PROVIDED AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE INSTRUMENT AND THE SPACECRAFT WITH INSTRUMENT PERSONNEL SUPPORT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THESE ACTIVITIES. — $102.0M
PROVIDE AIRCRAFT AND GROUND CONTROL STATION (GCS) SPARE PARTS AND PROVIDE ENGINEERING, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, LOGISTICS TECHNICIAN AND PILOT SUPPORT. — $93.2M
MARS ASCENT PROPULSION SYSTEM (MAPS) — $86.1M
CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS (CERES) FLIGHT MODEL 6 (FM6) INSTRUMENT — $63.8M
LUNAR CRATER OBSERVATION SENSING SATELITE. (LCROSS) NASAS LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (LRO), SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH IN OCTOBER 2008, WILL CHART THE LUNAR LANDSCAPE, NOT ONLY TO IDENTIFY OBSTACLES AND SAFE-TO-LAND SPOTS, BUT ALSO SENSOR SWEEP THE TERRAIN AND GAUGE IT FOR USABLE RESOURCES. NASA PLANS TO LAUNCH THE LRO ROCKET WITH A SECONDARY PAYLOAD, CALLED THE LCROSS, WHOSE MISSION WILL BE TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF WATER ICE AT THE MOONS SOUTH POLE. AFTER THE LRO IS DEPLOYED IN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON, THE LCROSS SATELLITE WILL STEER THE LAUNCH VEHICLES SPENT EARTH DEPARTURE UPPER STAGE (CENTAUR) INTO A PERMANENTLY-SHADOWED CRATER AT A LUNAR POLE. THE IMPACT WILL CREATE A LARGE PLUME OF LUNAR EJECTA THAT WILL PROVIDE A LONG WINDOW OF OBSERVATION AND WILL EXCAVATE A LARGE AREA TO DEEPER DEPTHS THAN WOULD BE POSSIBLE USING ONLY A ROBOTIC LUNAR LANDER. LCROSS WILL PROVIDE A CRITICAL GROUND-TRUTH FOR A LUNAR PROSPECTOR AND LRO NEUTRON AND RADAR MAPS MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ASSESS THE TOTAL LUNAR WATER INVENTORY. — $49.2M
THIS HLS EFFORT FURTHER DEVELOPS SUSTAINING LUNAR LANDER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DESIGN, TRADE STUDIES AND JOINT WORKING GROUPS AND PERFORM RISK MITIGATION ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE SUSTAINABLE LUNAR LANDER DEVELOPMENT RISKS. — $46.3M
PHASE I DEFINITION AND DESIGN ACTIVITIES RESULTING IN PDR FOR CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE (CEV) SYSTEM — $45.9M
ICE, CLOUD, AND LAND ELEVATION-2 (ICESAT-2) MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER (MOC) SUPPORT CENTER CONTRACT - PROVIDE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT TO MEET ICESAT-2 SCIENCE OBJECTIVES. — $27.4M
HELIOSWARM PROGRAM SUPPORT — $25.3M
SUPPORT OF SYSTEM AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL COMPUTERS FOR THE SOFTWARE INTEGRATION OFFICE — $24.9M
THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE PHASE E OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINMENT. — $23.8M
MAX LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM (MLAS) REQUIREMENT. — $14.4M

Frequently Asked Questions

How many contracts does Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation have with National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation has 23 contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration worth a combined $12.8B.

What is the average contract size between Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

The average contract size is $557.0M.

What percentage of Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration are sole-source?

0% of the contracts are sole-source awards.