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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman collectively received $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreements to be spread over six years.

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

Orbital ATK, later acquired by Northrop Grumman, was one of six companies that received NextSTEP awards in 2016 to study habitation modules.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 6, 2020NASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway module

On 2020-06-05, NASA awarded a $187,000,000 contract to Northrop Grumman for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for the lunar Gateway.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2020NASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway module

NASA allowed Northrop Grumman to work on urgent HALO-related requirements pending the finalized contract in the fall prior to the 2020-06-05 award.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJun 6, 2020NASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway module

NASA announced its intent to sole-source the HALO module to Northrop Grumman in a July 2019 procurement filing after determining the company was the only one likely to have a module ready to support a 2024 human return to the moon.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2020NASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway module

The 2020-06-05 contract allows Northrop Grumman to issue subcontracts for hardware with long lead times and anticipates a later contract modification to fund full development and testing of HALO.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2020NASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway module

The 2020-06-05 contract to Northrop Grumman funds design of HALO through a preliminary design review planned for late 2020.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2020NASA issues contract to Northrop Grumman for Gateway module

NASA personnel returned to the Northrop Grumman facility the week before 2020-06-01.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJun 3, 2020Work on JWST ramps up again

The Next-Gen OPIR constellation consists of three geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites built by Lockheed Martin and two polar-coverage highly elliptical orbit satellites built by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductJun 3, 2020GAO flags concerns about procurement of DoD’s early warning satellites

Lockheed Martin selected Raytheon and the Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team as subcontractors for the Next-Gen OPIR mission payloads in October 2018.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMay 25, 2020Two payloads qualified for U.S. Space Force early warning satellites

Northrop Grumman received a $2,370,000,000 contract to develop two satellites for a future U.S. military missile early warning constellation.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2020Northrop Grumman gets $2.3 billion Space Force contract to develop missile-warning satellites

Northrop Grumman received a $47,000,000 contract in August 2018 to begin designing the polar Next-Gen OPIR satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2020Northrop Grumman gets $2.3 billion Space Force contract to develop missile-warning satellites

The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to be spread over six years to help defray the cost of rocket certification for national security launch and of building launch pads on East and West coast ranges.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 17, 2020Senators ask Air Force to not terminate partnerships with space launch industry

Only Maxar, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman build large geostationary communications satellites in the United States.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMay 13, 2020Maxar announces multi-satellite GEO order as pandemic crimps quarter

Expanded launch offerings from Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin were slated for 2021 introductions.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2020EchoStar says Jupiter-3 launch timing clouded by coronavirus

For the Phase 2 competition, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman are developing new launch vehicles with company-stated first-flight readiness in 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 3, 2020RAND finds risk in Air Force plan to support two launch companies

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

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMay 3, 2020RAND finds risk in Air Force plan to support two launch companies

NASA suspended work on the James Webb Space Telescope at a Northrop Grumman facility on 2020-03-20 and resumed work five days later at a reduced level and only until early April.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMay 1, 2020Pandemic perseverance: How NASA has adapted to the coronavirus

Northrop Grumman develops the Transfer Element vehicle that delivers the landing system into low lunar orbit for final descent.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 30, 2020NASA Selects Blue Origin National Team to Return Humans to the Moon

Northrop Grumman is advancing an average of $30,000,000 per week in payments to its suppliers using increased progress payments it is receiving from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 29, 2020Northrop Grumman “bullish but cautious” about satellite servicing
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