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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman were competitors for the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 2 competition with two winners to be selected in summer 2020.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJul 5, 2020The long countdown to commercial crew’s liftoff

The 2020-06-29 letter contract allows Northrop Grumman to begin buying long-lead items for boosters intended for the fourth through ninth flights of the Space Launch System.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2020NASA continues efforts to set up long-term SLS production

Northrop Grumman is under contract to provide boosters for the Artemis 1, Artemis 2, and Artemis 3 missions through 2024.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJun 30, 2020NASA continues efforts to set up long-term SLS production

NASA signed a letter contract with Northrop Grumman for solid rocket boosters on 2020-06-29 valued at $49,500,000.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 30, 2020NASA continues efforts to set up long-term SLS production

Northrop Grumman shipped the ten booster segments needed for the Artemis 1 mission from a company storage facility in Utah to Kennedy Space Center for stacking and integration.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJun 30, 2020NASA continues efforts to set up long-term SLS production

Northrop Grumman will provide technical and engineering support for the Defense Support Program until 2030.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanJun 27, 2020Northrop Grumman receives $222 million contract to update aging missile-warning satellites

The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman multiple contracts since 2007 to sustain and update the Defense Support Program constellation.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 27, 2020Northrop Grumman receives $222 million contract to update aging missile-warning satellites

Northrop Grumman built the Defense Support Program satellites and sensors that have been part of the U.S. military’s early-warning system since 1970.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 27, 2020Northrop Grumman receives $222 million contract to update aging missile-warning satellites

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $222,500,000 contract to Northrop Grumman on 2020-06-26 for technology upgrades to the Defense Support Program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 27, 2020Northrop Grumman receives $222 million contract to update aging missile-warning satellites

In October 2018 the Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement development funding to be spread over six years.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2020HASC Chairman adds $150 million in NDAA for space launch technology development

Intelsat and SES have ordered 10 replacement C-band satellites ahead of the FCC’s auction from Boeing, Maxar, and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 22, 2020Eutelsat to order single replacement C-band satellite for FCC spectrum clearing

Northrop Grumman is developing the OmegA rocket for the Phase 2 competition with a planned first flight in 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2020SMC commander impressed by ‘technical maturity’ of newly developed U.S. rockets

Intelsat ordered six replacement C-band satellites—four from Maxar Technologies and two from Northrop Grumman—and is negotiating with manufacturers for a seventh satellite.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2020Boeing, Northrop Grumman win SES C-band satellite orders

Northrop Grumman will build SES-18 and SES-19 in Dulles, Virginia on its GeoStar-3 satellite platform.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2020Boeing, Northrop Grumman win SES C-band satellite orders

On 2020-06-16, SES contracted Boeing and Northrop Grumman to each build two geostationary communications satellites for C-band services in the United States.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2020Boeing, Northrop Grumman win SES C-band satellite orders

Four of the satellites ordered by Intelsat will be built by Maxar Technologies and two will be built by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 15, 2020Intelsat orders four satellites from Maxar, two from Northrop Grumman, for C-band clearing

Northrop Grumman’s satellites ordered by Intelsat are named Galaxy-33 and Galaxy-34.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 15, 2020Intelsat orders four satellites from Maxar, two from Northrop Grumman, for C-band clearing

NASA closed its field centers in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, causing personnel overseeing JWST integration and testing at a Northrop Grumman facility in Southern California to return home.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 10, 2020NASA confirms JWST will miss March 2021 launch date

The Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2020Political fight continues over Air Force launch services procurement

Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are competing for two Phase 2 contracts to fly approximately 34 missions from 2022 to 2027.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2020Political fight continues over Air Force launch services procurement
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