Apex Space x Northrop Grumman

Los Angeles-based manufacturer of productized, configurable satellite bus platforms built at constellation scale. Founded in 2022 by [Ian Cinnamon](/people/ian-cinnamon) and [Max Benassi](/people/max-benassi), Apex operates Factory One in Playa Vista and produces off-the-shelf satellite buses including the Aries, GEO Aries, Nova, and Comet platforms. The company serves both commercial customers and U.S. government defense programs, with over two-thirds of its business in national security and defense. Apex set a world record with its first satellite bus as the fastest clean-sheet design to production spacecraft operating in space.

[Northrop Grumman](https://www.northropgrumman.com) (NYSE: NOC) is a global aerospace and defense technology company with seven decades of autonomous systems experience and 500,000+ autonomous flight hours. Develops unmanned aerial, ground, and undersea vehicles for defense applications.