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Ground Broken for $20M Space Assembly and Test Facility

By R&D Editors | July 15, 2014

    Artist's rendering of the Maryland Space Assembly and Test (M-SAT) facility, the subject of Northrop Grumman's groundbreaking event on July 14.Northrop Grumman Corp. has broken ground on a new $20 million Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility on the back of its Baltimore campus adjacent to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The 25,000 ft2 building is designed to handle space payload integration programs. The M-SAT space assembly, integration, and test building will feature the largest cleanroom facility on the company’s Baltimore campus, a three-story high-bay area that will house operations for space programs. Northrop Grumman currently develops and delivers space payloads at its Baltimore campus utilizing several smaller space assembly facilities. This new, larger building will allow for expanded payload production to meet growth in the company’s space business.

“Northrop Grumman is committed to finding more affordable solutions to the nation’s needs for critical space systems,” says Gloria Flach, corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. “This new M-SAT facility will enable us to meet our customers’ space integration, assembly and test requirements more efficiently and affordably.”

The building will house up to 80 engineers and technicians working on space systems assembly, integration and test. The facility will also contain office space for collating the integration and test staff, and a lab space for test bed development and testing. Construction of the new facility is being led by Patriot Contractors LLC, a Maryland-based general contractor, and is expected to be completed during the summer of 2015.

    Participating in the groundbreaking at Northrop Grumman's new Maryland Space Assembly and Test (M-SAT) facility in Linthicum, Md., are (left to right) Earl Ewing, managing partner of Patriot Contractors, LLC; Gloria Flach, president, Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector; U.S. Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger; U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin; U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes; and Scott Lee, vice president of Integrated Sensor Programs for Northrop Grumman.Northrop Grumman has designed and produced payloads, sensors, systems, and solutions for use in space for more than 50 years. These included the Gemini Rendezvous Radar Pod and the Apollo 11 Lunar Camera that broadcast man’s first steps on the moon. The company’s current programs include the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, the Defense Support Program, the Space-Based Infrared System, and the James Webb Space Telescope (which is being developed in a Class 10,000 cleanroom at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.).

Release Date: July 14, 2014
Source: Northrop Grumman 

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