Propulsion Products and Services

Northrop Grumman provides a complete range of propulsion products and services for developing and producing high-quality flight hardware. Their propulsion products have demonstrated exceptional reliability over four decades of flight experience, with no spacecraft, launcher, or missile failures attributed to a Northrop Grumman-built propulsion system. Specifically, their bipropellant or gel rocket engines have never suffered a flight failure across more than 100 separate missions for various programs. The current product line includes flight-proven systems, bipropellant engines and thrusters, monopropellant thrusters, and gel propulsion systems. They also offer a line of standard components designed to provide optimal performance, high reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Beyond hardware, Northrop Grumman’s propulsion-related services encompass engineering, fabrication, integration, testing, and documentation. Their experienced engineering staff specializes in the design, analysis, and testing of propulsion components and integrated systems, complemented by a chemistry technology capability that provides extensive analytical support for propellant and rocket materials development.