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Northrop Grumman Awarded NASA Contract To Develop Concepts For Future Missions

Monday, February 13th, 2012

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently announced that it was awarded a contract to study high-power solar electric propulsion flight system technology for NASA space and human exploration missions. Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Michigan's Department of Aerospace Engineering are teaming up with the company to create a technology road map for near-term NASA space missions. "In collaboration with our partners, we are working on alternatives to the typical solar array approach," said Jim Munger, solar electric propulsion program manager,…

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