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NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

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Awards tracked
1
Total amount
$4.4B
Date range
Primary sector
Volume
$/month, last 24
About this recipient

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation received $4.4 billion in federal funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for aerospace work. The single award supported design, development, test, and evaluation activities related to the Ares I-X program, which involved first stage development and flight testing using a five-segment solid rocket booster derived from the Space Shuttle Program's solid rocket motor technology.

The contract required the contractor to provide management, engineering, labor, and facilities for the project. This represented a substantial commitment to NASA's exploration vehicle development efforts during the Ares I program period.

Narrative generated May 13, 2026 by The Buildout's synthesis pipeline. Facts are drawn only from the recipient's tracked federal awards; no marketing material, no recipient input.

Portfolio by sector
Sectors classified by LLM on each award.
Portfolio status
Based on each award's period of performance.
Active
0
active0% of awards
Expiring (≤90d)
1
expiring · 30d100% of awards
Expired
0
expired0% of awards
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0% of awards
Top awarding agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$4.4B 100%

Based on 1 awards totaling $4,425,784,857.

Awards

Top 1 by amount

Action dateRecipientAgencyAmountDescriptionSectorStatus
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONNational Aeronautics and Space Administration$4,425,784,857FIRST 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::TASaerospaceexpiring · 47d
Sources
USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →SAM.gov entity registration →

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