Northrop Grumman is a prominent American multinational aerospace and defense company deeply involved in the space industry. As a space technology and launch systems provider, they manufacture spacecraft, satellites, and precision sensors. They are a major partner with NASA, providing cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) through their Cygnus spacecraft and contributing to projects like the James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is also involved in developing advanced autonomous systems for military and commercial applications.
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Ryan has held senior-level roles at Northrop Grumman.
Problems with Northrop Grumman’s development of the James Webb Space Telescope, including avoidable human mistakes, have led to development delays and the potential to breach the project’s $8,000,000,000 cost cap.
Northrop Grumman is building unfurlable reflectors for the two Inmarsat-6 satellites that Airbus is building.
MEV-1 is being built at Orbital ATK’s Dulles, Virginia factory.
Intelsat awarded contracts to Orbital ATK subsidiary SpaceLogistics for two Mission Extension Vehicles slated to launch in 2019 and 2020.
The 2016 legislation grants the military authorities to expedite procurement of next-generation satellites that the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is using to buy five missile-warning satellites from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
With the addition of Orbital ATK, Northrop Grumman’s sales for 2018 should reach $30,000,000,000.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared Northrop Grumman’s $7,800,000,000 purchase of Orbital ATK.
To acquire Orbital ATK, Northrop Grumman paid $7,800,000,000 in cash and assumed $1,400,000,000 in debt.
Northrop Grumman announced the $9,200,000,000 deal to acquire Orbital ATK on 2018-09-18.
The U.S. Air Force plans to acquire a new intercontinental ballistic missile called the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent with Northrop Grumman and Boeing competing for the award.
Orbital ATK will build future satellites in the Joint Polar Satellite System series under a contract awarded in March 2015.
Intelsat purchased a satellite called Galaxy-30 from Orbital ATK in January.
The Falcon 9 first stage used on 2018-05-22 was a reused booster that previously launched Northrop Grumman’s Zuma mission in January.
Orbital ATK is developing the OmegA launch vehicle for EELV missions for the U.S. Air Force and will reevaluate the vehicle concept if it does not win a Launch Services Agreement award from the Air Force later 2018.
Northrop Grumman announced a deal in September to acquire Orbital ATK for $9,200,000,000.
An Orbital ATK Antares rocket launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on 2018-05-21 from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia.
The Bush White House contracted two prototype STSS satellites from Northrop Grumman and those satellites were launched in 2007.
Orbital ATK selected the RL10C for the upper stage of its OmegA launch vehicle on 2018-04-16.
Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the contractors competing for the potentially $50,000,000,000 to $60,000,000,000 Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program.