The Pentagon’s No. 1 weapons supplier, Lockheed Martin Corp. selected Raytheon to provide a second mission to its next-generation airborne continuous infrared orbital Earth-orbital missile warning satellite system – also known as NGG.
Both Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman Corporation have contracts to provide a payload mission for the procurement of three satellites.
Lockheed Martin is currently contracting with the United States Space Force (SSC) Space Systems Command (USSF) to build three survivable NGG satellites with enhanced missile warning and missile capabilities. resilience to overcome emerging threats. As part of a risk reduction effort to meet the USSF’s requirement to launch its first satellite by 2025, Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman / Ball Aerospace to develop the porcelain payload designs. fate. The payload designs of both competitors have completed a critical design phase and are on track to fly the first two NGG satellites. It is yet to be determined which payload will be on board the first NGG satellite to be launched in 2025.
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“For this ‘Go-Fast’ program, both teams had to meet strict schedule and performance requirements – which they have already done. I want to congratulate and thank both teams for their tireless work and we look forward to the first flights of both missions,” said Joseph Rickers, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of NGG programs. . “These advanced OPIR payloads will support mission critical by leveraging technologies with new capabilities on an active schedule.”
For this rapid acquisition program, both teams with competitive tonnage were selected and ordered under contract just 45 days after the main contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2018. With the ultimate goal in mind. With their advanced payloads integrated into Lockheed Martin’s resilient LM2100 Combat Bus™ space vehicle, the teams quickly completed a preliminary design review in 2020 and a critical design review. in 2021. Both groups have successfully completed environmental testing of their payload engineering development units.
