{"id":65911,"date":"2023-09-13T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/13\/northrop-partners-with-uk-firm-building-semiconductors-in-space\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:48:49","slug":"northrop-partners-with-uk-firm-building-semiconductors-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2023\/09\/13\/northrop-partners-with-uk-firm-building-semiconductors-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop partners with UK firm building semiconductors in space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONDON \u2014 Northrop Grumman\u2019s U.K. arm is partnering with British firm Space Forge, a startup that plans to manufacture semiconductors in orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies announced a \u201ccollaborative agreement\u201d on Sept. 12 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/\">DSEI conference<\/a> here. Through the arrangement, Northrop will provide technical and business advice, collaborate on design and testing and offer training for Space Forge on microelectronics development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cManufacturing in orbit has the potential to open a wide range of opportunities across multiple industrial sectors,\u201d Northrop\u2019s vice president of civil and commercial space, Steve Krein, said in a Sept. 12 statement. \u201cAs a global leader in space exploration and in-orbit servicing, we look forward to collaborating to further develop this emerging market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space Forge was established in 2018 with ambitions to develop a spacecraft that can manufacture high-performance materials in orbit. Its ForgeStar vehicle \u2014 expected to launch for the first time later this year \u2014 is designed to reside in space for up to six months as it performs its manufacturing mission and then return to Earth with materials in tow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has its headquarters in Wales and announced plans in April to expand its manufacturing operations to the U.S., though it has not revealed details on where that facility will be located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The premise of Space Forge and other nascent companies looking to establish manufacturing capabilities in orbit is that the space environment, particularly conditions like microgravity and ultra-high vacuum, could produce higher quality materials and improve the efficiency of certain manufacturing processes like 3D printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the concept is not new, technology developments in recent decades and the drop-in launch costs have made the business case more feasible \u2014 especially for the semiconductor and pharmaceuticals industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Pile, regional director for Northrop\u2019s space business sector in the U.K., Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, said that while semiconductors built in space will initially be more expensive to produce due to the cost of sending them to and from orbit, the goal is to scale the capability within these specialized sectors to make it more affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre we ever going to scale up semiconductor manufacturing on orbit versus doing it on Earth for the normal day-to-day things? 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