(l-r) Scott Lee, Vice President and General Manager, Payload and Ground Systems, Northrop Grumman; Rep. John Sarbanes, U.S. House of Representatives, Tom Riford, Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce; Mark Caylor, Corporate Vice President and Missions Systems President, Northrop Grumman; Roshan Roeder, Vice President and General Manager, Airborne Multifunction Sensors, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems; Jay Patel, Vice President, Remote Sensing Programs, Northrop Grumman Payload and Ground Systems; Steuart Pittman, County Executive, Anne Arundel County, MD; and Delegate Mike Rogers, District 32
Northrop Grumman Corporation has opened its Maryland Space Assembly and Test (MSAT) 2 facility at the company's Baltimore campus. The 55,000 sq. ft. facility provides a digitally integrated manufacturing, assembly and test hub to support customer needs and the company's growing space payload and ground systems capabilities.
"Our continued investment in Maryland helps meet our customer needs while strengthening our commitments to this community and our workforce," said Scott Lee, Vice President and General Manager, Payload and Ground Systems, Northrop Grumman. "The new digitally integrated MSAT2 grows our advanced manufacturing, assembly and test capabilities as we continue to deliver end-to-end space solutions with speed and agility."
MSAT2 adds a progressive assembly line and unique testing capabilities to the integrated MSAT complex. A central feature is a state-of-the-art thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC).
The TVAC simulates the harsh thermal conditions of space, allowing engineers to subject space payloads to extreme temperature variations and ensure uninterrupted performance. The facility also includes advanced, digitally driven robotic manufacturing with environmentally controlled 10K and 100K class clean rooms.
"We are at the forefront of developing innovative technologies across our diverse and connected business from undersea to outer space and cyberspace," said Roshan Roeder, Vice President and General Manager, Airborne Multifunction Sensors, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. "We continue to grow and expand our workforce including digital and software engineers, technicians and related fields."
This new facility expands the company presence at the more than one million sq. ft. campus. Across Maryland, Northrop Grumman has a broad portfolio of technologies from sensors that detect, identify and track threats across the electromagnetic spectrum to technology leadership in networking systems, microelectronics, cyber and artificial intelligence capabilities. At the Baltimore campus, the company also conducts flight tests with its fleet of test aircraft and provides a digital engineering simulation capability of aircraft in development.
Northrop Grumman has a long history in Maryland, with more than 13,000 employees across the state, of whom more than 1,600 are veterans, and partnerships with nearly 2,000 local suppliers as well as colleges, universities and community organizations.
For more information contact:
Northrop Grumman Corporation
7323 Aviation Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21240
410-765-1000
www.northropgrumman.com