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Northrop Grumman

Products: satellite-servicing, robotic-arm. Risk band: Low   RobotRisk index 14.9/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 14 of 16 among Defense / space companies with incidents (123 tracked).

Analyst brief

The register carries a single entry for Northrop Grumman: a September 2025 propulsion issue that delayed Cygnus XL's arrival at the ISS, classed as a disruption at severity 2. Northrop Grumman's index of 14.9 ranks 14 of 16 companies in Defense / space with incident history. The record is a single-event profile with no fatality, injury, or recall history present, and no trajectory can be established from one data point. The event is operational and mission-related rather than safety-critical in the recorded severity terms, and the source is press/mission-status reporting rather than a regulatory action.

Risk index

14.9/100RobotRisk index
27.4/100Median index across the 16 Defense / space companies with incident history (123 tracked, 107 with none)
14 of 16Rank in Defense / space (of 16 with incident history)
LowRisk band

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident typeUnique incidentsShare
disruption1100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

SevDateTypeLocationIncidentSource
S216 Sep 2025 disruption NASA, Northrop Grumman postpone Cygnus XL arrival to ISS following propulsion issue · Cygnus XL cargo mission Google News aggregated
S2 16 Sep 2025 · disruption · NASA, Northrop Grumman postpone Cygnus XL arrival to ISS following propulsion issue
Location not specified1 supporting source rowmedium confidence
SevDateSupporting source rowSource
S216 Sep 2025NASA, Northrop Grumman postpone Cygnus XL arrival to ISS following propulsion issueGoogle News aggregated

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