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In the United States, the formal term for a black project is an unacknowledged special access program ( SAP ). Black projects receive their funding from the black budget. The US depends on private defense contractors to develop and build military equipment. The two most notable examples are Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Low Earth orbit. Altitude. 1,350 km (840 mi) Inclination. 58.0°. Period. 120.0 minutes. The Space Tracking and Surveillance System ( STSS; formerly SBIRS-Low) was a pair of satellites developed by the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to research the space-based detection and tracking of ballistic missiles.
In August 2023, Northrop Grumman announced a further enlarged Mission B version of Cygnus, with a 1.5 m (4.9 ft) stretch to the payload module and payload mass increased to 5,000 kg (11,000 lb). This version is expected to enter service with the NG-23 mission in 2025 (the first to use the new Antares 330 launch vehicle).
United States. Northrop, Minnesota, a town. Northrop, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a neighborhood. Northrop Auditorium, on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. Northrop Field, a former stadium for the University of Minnesota. Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Northrop University, a former aviation institute.
Keith Donald Stansell is an American Northrop Grumman employee who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC) and was held hostage from February 13, 2003, to July 2, 2008. [1] He was rescued in Operation Jaque, along with the two other American contractors, Ingrid Betancourt ...
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TRW Inc., was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, electronics, automotive, and credit reporting. [2] It was a pioneer in multiple fields including electronic components, integrated circuits, computers, software and systems engineering. TRW built many spacecraft, including Pioneer 1, Pioneer 10, and ...
Northrop University. Northrop University, formerly Northrop Institute of Technology and Northrop Aeronautical Institute, was a private for-profit college in Inglewood, California, focused on aviation, engineering, science, mathematics, and computing. It was established in the 1940s as one of the earliest examples of a corporate university. [1]