Northrop Wins In-Orbit MIlitary Satellite Maintenance Contract

Northrop Grumman has won a Missile Defense Agency contract to carry out repairs and maintenance in orbit for the US Space Tracking and Surveillance System.

The company has received a Missile Defense Agency contract to carry out repairs and maintenance in orbit for the US Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS).

“Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems of Redondo Beach, California, is being awarded a $19.5 million modification… to provide on-orbit operations and sustainment for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System,” the Department of Defense announced Friday.

The value of the total Northrop Grumman contract was increased from $1.859 million to $1.878 million, the Defense Department said.

Work on the contract will be performed at the Missile Defense Space Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado and at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, California.