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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Northrop Grumman won a $13,300,000,000 Air Force contract to produce solid rocket motors for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2020Northrop Grumman to terminate OmegA rocket program

The Department of the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $13,300,000,000 contract on 2020-09-08 to develop the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2020Northrop Grumman receives $13.3 billion contract to develop next-generation ICBM

The U.S. Air Force awarded National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance rather than to Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA and Northrop Grumman test SLS booster

The booster tested was a five-segment booster built by Northrop Grumman for the Flight Support Booster 1 test.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2020NASA and Northrop Grumman test SLS booster

NASA and Northrop Grumman successfully tested a solid rocket booster developed for the Space Launch System on 2020-09-02.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductSep 2, 2020NASA and Northrop Grumman test SLS booster

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a Launch Service Agreement in 2018 valued at $792,000,000 to support work on the OmegA rocket.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA and Northrop Grumman test SLS booster

In December, Northrop Grumman signed up the startup Saturn Satellite Networks as OmegA’s first customer to launch a small geostationary communications satellite.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 21, 2020Northrop Grumman weighing exit options for OmegA rocket

Northrop Grumman planned OmegA’s first flight in 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 21, 2020Northrop Grumman weighing exit options for OmegA rocket

The Blue Origin-led team includes Northrop Grumman developing the transfer element that moves the lander in lunar orbit and Draper providing the guidance and avionics.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 20, 2020Blue Origin team delivers lunar lander mockup to NASA

A Blue Origin-led national team that includes Draper, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman received a $579,000,000 NASA contract to design vehicles to land humans on the moon.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 20, 2020U.S. military eyes a role in the great power competition for lunar resources

The U.S. Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreements in October 2018 to United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2020SpaceX pressing on with protest against U.S. Air Force despite launch contract win

SpaceX beat competitors Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman in a competition to launch military satellites for the Pentagon from 2022 to 2027.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductAug 18, 2020SpaceX raises $1.9 billion in equity

David Thompson is the former president of Orbital ATK who retired shortly after Orbital ATK was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2018.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 18, 2020NASA to perform independent review of Mars sample return plans

Northrop Grumman has a contract with Intelsat to extend the life of the 16-year-old Intelsat 10-02 communications satellite by five years using the MEV-2 servicer.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Intelsat has ordered six C-band replacement satellites—four from Maxar Technologies and two from Northrop Grumman—and is pursuing $4,870,000,000 in accelerated spectrum clearing payments while negotiating with manufacturers for one more satellite.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Northrop Grumman's first servicer, MEV-1, docked with an Intelsat satellite in a graveyard orbit a few hundred kilometers above active geostationary satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Northrop Grumman built the Galaxy-30 satellite, which carries C-band transponders for broadcast services and Ku- and Ka-band transponders for broadband connectivity over North America.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

Northrop Grumman and Intelsat plan to dock MEV-2 with Intelsat 10-02 directly in geostationary orbit in 2021, a maneuver that may require Intelsat 10-02 to pause service for 20 to 30 minutes.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2020Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic

The static firing of the 63-inch-diameter graphite epoxy GEM 63XL motor took place at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Promontory, Utah.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductAug 13, 2020Northrop Grumman completes ground test of solid booster for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) 2 is scheduled to launch 2020-08-15 on an Ariane 5 and that launch will also place the Galaxy 30 and BSAT-4b communications satellites into orbit.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipAug 13, 2020Satellite servicing industry seeks interface standards
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