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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp
$15,810,121
Total funding
10
Grants
Funding over time
peak $12.5M · FY2014–21$20M$15M$10M$5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NASA$14,185,131 · 9
DOE$1,624,989 · 1
By mechanism
—$15,810,121 · 10
Investigators at Northrop Grumman Systems Corp
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (NGAS) PROPOSES TO BUILD AND DEMONSTRATE AN INTEGRATED PHOTONIC IMAGING INSTRUMENT WHICH PROMISES TO REVOLUTIONIZE SPECTRAL SENSING AND OFFERS A COST EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PATH TO FUTURE LAND IMAGING NEEDS AND ARCHITECTURES. THE LANDSAT PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED CRITICAL SENSING OF OUR EARTH FOR OVER 40 YEARS DELIVERING ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGING LAND USE TO SCIENTISTS AND USERS AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE AND EXTEND THESE MEASUREMENTS WITH A SYSTEM THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND RESILIENT FOR FUTURE EARTH IMAGING NEEDS. HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING (HSI) PROMISES ACCESS TO NEW LAND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND DATA PRODUCTS THROUGH THE MEASUREMENT OF IMAGE SCENES AT HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION WHILE MAINTAINING CRITICAL CONTINUITY WITH TRADITIONAL LANDSAT DATA PRODUCTS. THROUGH OUR WORK ON THE SUSTAINABLE LAND IMAGING (SLI) REDUCED INSTRUMENT ENVELOPE STUDY AND THE ESTO NOVEL CONCEPTS FOR SLI STUDY NGAS HAS DEMONSTRATED A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF SLI MISSION INSTRUMENT AND CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE SHOWN THAT A VERSATILE HSI INSTRUMENT CAN MEET SLI INSTRUMENT GOALS. TO ADVANCE PHOTONIC IMAGING TECHNOLOGY NGAS HAS DEVELOPED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT WAVEGUIDE FILTERS AND DETECTORS IN THE SHORTWAVE INFRARED (SWIR) RANGE ON IR&D. UNDER THE BLACK DIAMOND PROGRAM WE ARE IMPLEMENTING FIRST LEVEL INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MATING THE WAVEGUIDE FILTERS WITH PHOTODETECTORS. WE WILL LEVERAGE THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO BUILD A PROTOTYPE SLI-T INSTRUMENT THAT REPRESENTS A REVOLUTIONARY STEP FOR LAND IMAGING. OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE SLI-T ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS PROGRAM ARE TO BUILD AND TEST A NEXT-GENERATION HETEROGENEOUSLY INTEGRATED PHOTONIC INSTRUMENT COVERING TWO SLI BANDS 9 (1.36 1.39 M 3NM RESOLUTION) AND 6 (1.56 1.66 M 6NM RESOLUTION). TO MAXIMALLY USE EXISTING DESIGNS FOR RAPID PROGRESS WE ARE EXECUTING THE PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT ON SWIR WAVELENGTHS. THE PHOTONIC/ELECTRONIC DESIGN MANUFACTURE INTEGRATION AND TEST PROCESSES DEVELOPED FOR THE SWIR ARE DIRECTLY SCALABLE TO THE 0.4 1.0 M VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH RANGE. THE BENEFITS OF USING LITHOGRAPHICALLY PATTERNED PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY ARE A TOTAL INSTRUMENT MASS AND VOLUME REDUCTION OF ~7X AND ~25X RESPECTIVELY COMPARED TO THE CURRENT MSI APPROACH. IT ENABLES IMAGE ACQUISITION IN SPECTRAL BANDS AND MODES NOT POSSIBLE WITH CURRENT LAND IMAGING INSTRUMENTS BRINGING NEW LAND PRODUCTS TO USERS FROM AN EXTREMELY COMPACT SCALABLE INSTRUMENT.$6,846,057
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SMART ICE CLOUD SENSING$4,382,512
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FSPOT-X: FULL SPECTRUM POWER FOR OPTICAL/THERMAL EXERGY$1,624,989
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION (NGC) WIT THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT IN TWO TECHNICAL AREAS FOR THIS ACT INTEGRATED RECEIVER AND SWITCH TECHNOLOGY (IRAST): 1) A HIGHLY INTEGRATED HETERODYNE RECEIVER CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY OBSERVING THE 424 GHZ OXYGEN BAND AND THE 448 GHZ WATER VAPOR BAND2) SUBMILLIMETER WAVE SWITCH TECHNOLOGY USING INP HEMT TO ALLOW 1/F NOISE REDUCTION IN FRONT-END LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNAS) INTEGRATED ONTO THE SAME INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC). BOTH DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE DONE ON NGC INP 25NM HEMT TECHNOLOGY BY DESIGNING AND PROCESSING A DEDICATED FOUNDRY RUN FOR THIS PROJECT. NGC AND JPL WILL WORK CLOSELY ON THE DESIGN OF THE COMPONENTS PACKAGING AND TESTING AND ANALYSIS OF THE RADIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS. IRAST IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE. THE INTEGRATED RECEIVER FOR TEMPERATURE AND WATER VAPOR PROFILING OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN 6 TO 16 KM IN TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE AND WILL INCREASE NADIR RESOLUTION AND WILL REDUCE APERTURE SIZE WHEN USED FOR LIMB SOUNDING. THE INTEGRATED SWITCH TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPROVE CLOUD ICE MEASUREMENTS BY REDUCING THE 1/F NOICE CONTRIBUTION IN LOW DC POWER DIRECT DETECTION RECEIVERS BEING DEVELOPED ON TWICE AND INTENDED FOR APPLICATION TO ENTICE. APPLICATION OF 25 NM INP HEMT TECHNOLOGY TO BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS WILL PROVIDE A SCIENTIFIC SOLUTION WITH CONSIDERABLE BENEFITS OVER EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES IN TERMS OF SIZE WEIGHT AND POWER (SWAP) ENABLED BOTH BY THE HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRATION WHICH IS BOUGHT BY MMIC TECHNOLOGY AND DC POWER SAVINGS. WE ESTIMATE THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE TEMPERATURE AND WATER VAPOR PROFILING RECEIVER TO CONSUME APPROXIMATELY 1 W OF DC POWER EXCLUDING THE X-BAND LO. 660 GHZ DIRECT DETECTION RECEIVERS CONSUME APPROXIMATELY 120 MW COMPARED TO 6-10 W OF DC POWER CONSUMED BY A HETERODYNE RECEIVER IN GAAS SCHOTTKY TECHNOLOGY. THEREFORE BOTH OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE IDEAL CUBESAT APPLICATIONS. THE UPPER ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY SOUNDING RECEIVER WILL BE DEVELOPED BY JPL USING PROVEN MODELS FOR 25 NM INP HEMT PROVIDED BY NGC. TWO FULL DESIGN ITERATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY JPL ALONG WITH CORRESPONDING DESIGN LAYOUT COMPONENT MEASUREMENTS AND RECEIVER VALIDATION. DEVELOPMENT WILL START FROM LNA S DEVELOPED ON IRAD. THE LNA WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH AN I-Q MIXER WHICH WILL ALLOW SEPARATION OF BOTH THE 424 GHZ OXYGEN LINE AND THE 448 GHZ WATER VAPOR LINE. THE INTEGRATED DICKE SWITCHES WILL BE DEVELOPED BY NGC USING IRAD DESIGNS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANALYZED AND LAYOUTS CREATED. NGCS SECOND DESIGN ITERATION WILL BE AIDED BY DEVICE MODELING. THE DICKIE SWITCHES WILL BE COMBINED WITH EXISTING DIRECT DETECTION RECEIVERS AND RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE WILL BE EVALUATED. IMPACT TO RECEIVER SENSITIVITY WILL BE MANAGED BY PLACING AN ADDITIONAL BALANCED LAN IN FRONT OF THE DICKE SWITCH. THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN PROVED AT W-BAND AND REDUCES THE1/F NOISE CONTRIBUTION OF THE ADDITIONAL LNA. TWO MMIC DESIGN ITERATIONS ARE BUDGETED INTO NGC S 25 NM INP HEMT PROCESS. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR IRAST IS 24 MONTHS. THIS ALLOWS TIME FOR THE TWO FULL DESIGN ITERATIONS WAFER PROCESSING AND RECEIVER VALIDATION. WITH THE UNDERLYING SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND MODELS SHOWING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED IRAST TASKS ENTRY TRL LEVEL IS TRL2. IRAST WILL COMPLETE WITH PACKAGED RECEIVER MEASUREMENTS IN A LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE EXIT TRL IS TRL4. THIS REPRESENTS A TWO LEVEL TRL INCREASE OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD. BOTH JPL AND NGC HAVE HAD CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS AT DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND INSERTING THEM INTO NASA OR DOD MISSIONS.$1,310,899
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
A COMPACT HIGH-POWER 167-174.8 GHZ TRAVELLING-WAVE TUBE AMPLIFIER FOR.PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION RADAR$1,038,061
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED STUDY IS TO EXAMINE NOVEL HYPERSPECTRAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR APPLICABILITY TO THE SUSTAINABLE LAND IMAGING SLI MISSIO$223,566
· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE HI-RATE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING (HICAM) PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR LARGE COMPOSITE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES THAT ENABLES A 4-6X PRODUCTION RATE INCREASE WITHOUT COST$196,747
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE HI-RATE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING (HICAM) PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR LARGE COMPOSITE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES THAT ENABLES A 4-6X PRODUCTION RATE INCREASE WITHOUT COST$82,000
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (NGAS) PROPOSES TO BUILD AND DEMONSTRATE AN INTEGRATED PHOTONIC IMAGING INSTRUMENT WHICH PROMISES TO REVOLUTIONIZE SPECTRAL SENSING AND OFFERS A COST EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PATH TO FUTURE LAND IMAGING NEEDS AND ARCHITECTURES. THE LANDSAT PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED CRITICAL SENSING OF OUR EARTH FOR OVER 40 YEARS DELIVERING ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGING LAND USE TO SCIENTISTS AND USERS AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE AND EXTEND THESE MEASUREMENTS WITH A SYSTEM THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND RESILIENT FOR FUTURE EARTH IMAGING NEEDS. HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING (HSI) PROMISES ACCESS TO NEW LAND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND DATA PRODUCTS THROUGH THE MEASUREMENT OF IMAGE SCENES AT HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION WHILE MAINTAINING CRITICAL CONTINUITY WITH TRADITIONAL LANDSAT DATA PRODUCTS. THROUGH OUR WORK ON THE SUSTAINABLE LAND IMAGING (SLI) REDUCED INSTRUMENT ENVELOPE STUDY AND THE ESTO NOVEL CONCEPTS FOR SLI STUDY NGAS HAS DEMONSTRATED A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF SLI MISSION INSTRUMENT AND CALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE SHOWN THAT A VERSATILE HSI INSTRUMENT CAN MEET SLI INSTRUMENT GOALS. TO ADVANCE PHOTONIC IMAGING TECHNOLOGY NGAS HAS DEVELOPED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT WAVEGUIDE FILTERS AND DETECTORS IN THE SHORTWAVE INFRARED (SWIR) RANGE ON IR&D. UNDER THE BLACK DIAMOND PROGRAM WE ARE IMPLEMENTING FIRST LEVEL INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MATING THE WAVEGUIDE FILTERS WITH PHOTODETECTORS. WE WILL LEVERAGE THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO BUILD A PROTOTYPE SLI-T INSTRUMENT THAT REPRESENTS A REVOLUTIONARY STEP FOR LAND IMAGING. OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THE SLI-T ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS PROGRAM ARE TO BUILD AND TEST A NEXT-GENERATION HETEROGENEOUSLY INTEGRATED PHOTONIC INSTRUMENT COVERING TWO SLI BANDS 9 (1.36 1.39 M 3NM RESOLUTION ) AND 6 (1.56 1.66 M 6NM RESOLUTION). TO MAXIMALLY USE EXISTING DESIGNS FOR RAPID PROGRESS WE ARE EXECUTING THE PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT ON SWIR WAVELENGTHS. THE PHOTONIC/ELECTRONIC DESIGN MANUFACTURE INTEGRATION AND TEST PROCESSES DEVELOPED FOR THE SWIR ARE DIRECTLY SCALABLE TO THE 0.4 1.0 M VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH RANGE. THE BENEFITS OF USING LITHOGRAPHICALLY PATTERNED PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY ARE A TOTAL INSTRUMENT MASS AND VOLUME REDUCTION OF ~7X AND ~25X RESPECTIVELY COMPARED TO THE CURRENT MSI APPROACH. IT ENABLES IMAGE ACQUISITION IN SPECTRAL BANDS AND MODES NOT POSSIBLE WITH CURRENT LAND IMAGING INSTRUMENTS BRINGING NEW LAND PRODUCTS TO USERS FROM AN EXTREMELY COMPACT SCALABLE INSTRUMENT. OUR PROPOSED SLI-T EFFORT STARTS WITH OUR EXISTING PHOTONIC DESIGNS. WE WILL OPTIMIZE WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY DEVELOP THE DETECTOR LAYER AND FABRICATE THE WAVEGUIDES AND DETECTORS. WE WILL IMPLEMENT WAVEGUIDE/DETECTOR INTEGRATION USING OUR DIVERSE ACCESSIBLE HETEROGENEOUS INTEGRATION PROCESS DEVELOPED IN OUR MICROELECTRONICS FOUNDRY. WE WILL ALSO DEVELOP A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CMOS READ-OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ROIC) CUSTOMIZED FOR INTEGRATION WITH THE WAVEGUIDE AND DETECTOR LAYERS. WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE WAVEGUIDE/DETECTOR/ROIC LAYERS INTO A PHOTONIC HSI INSTRUMENT FOR SLI SWIR WAVELENGTH RANGES. THESE LAYERS WILL BE THINNED TO ENABLE STACKING INTO A COMPACT AND MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE. THE INTEGRATED SLI-T INSTRUMENT WILL BE TESTED IN A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT. NGAS PROPOSES A ONE YEAR PROGRAM WITH OPTIONS FOR YEARS 2-5 TO MATURE THE INSTRUMENT FROM AN ENTRY TRL 3 TO AN EXIT TRL 6 WITH DEFINED YEARLY MILESTONES. OUR INTEGRATED PHOTONIC/MICROELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING USES STANDARDIZED REPEATABLE PROCESSES. ULTIMATELY THESE DEVICES WILL BE RAPIDLY AND INEXPENSIVELY PATTERNED AND REPRODUCED IN LARGE QUANTITIES ENABLING HYPERSPECTRAL DATA ACQUISITION IN MINIATURE PACKAGES AND MODES NOT POSSIBLE WITH CURRENT INSTRUMENTS. SUCH A CAPABILITY OPENS THE FIELD OF IMAGING SPECTROMETRY FROM TRADITIONAL REMOTE SENSING TO LOW COST COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE MANUFACTURING BIOMEDICINE AND CONSUMER ELECTRONICS.$54,107
· FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE HI-RATE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING (HICAM) PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPROACHES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR LARGE COMPOSITE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES THAT ENABLES A 4-6X PRODUCTION RATE INCREASE WITHOUT COST$51,181
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration