:

Space

PTS-P Build and Design Done, Northrop Grumman Says

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 6th, 2025

SHARE:

PTS-P Build and Design Done, Northrop Grumman Says

Pictured is a Northrop Grumman photo of the company's Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype payload

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has finished building and testing the company's Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype (PTS-P) payload and has delivered it to the company's Gilbert, Ariz., plant for integration with an ESPAStar-HP bus and "next-generation digital processing subsystem." Northrop Grumman has been competing with Boeing [BA] for PTS-P (Defense Daily, Nov. 15, 2022). In March last year, Boeing received a nearly $440 million U.S. Space Force contract for the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite…

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]

Congress

House Narrowly Votes To Pass $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA, Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0

The House on Wednesday narrowly voted to pass its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill […]