[Satellite Today – 2-22-08] Northrop Grumman and NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of advanced civil radar system architectures that can be leveraged into new space-based remote sensing instruments, Northrop Grumman announced Feb. 21.
    Goddard plans to leverage Northrop Grumman’s radar technology — including space-qualified electronically scanned arrays, wideband electronics, and lightweight mesh antenna technology — and combine it with its own remote sensing expertise and testing facilities.
    "This is a strategic partnership that blends the best of Goddard’s and Northrop Grumman’s advanced sensing capabilities," Laurie Leshin, Goddard’s deputy director of science and technology, said in a statement. "Our goal is to expand NASA’s instrument technologies while advancing new and innovative space-based mission concepts capable of making critical science observations in support of NASA goals."