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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK as its exclusive supplier of solid boosters for the Atlas 5 rocket and for the Vulcan launch vehicle in 2015.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2020Aerojet Rocketdyne to open new facility to develop solid rocket motors

Northrop Grumman is the dominant player in the solid rocket market and is currently the only bidder for the $63,000,000,000 Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMar 12, 2020Aerojet Rocketdyne to open new facility to develop solid rocket motors

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 1 launched in October and docked with the Intelsat-901 communications satellite in February, enabling a five-year extended lease on life for Intelsat-901.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 11, 2020Airbus impressed by Northrop Grumman, but remains undecided on satellite servicing

Airbus Defence and Space planned to launch a satellite servicer shortly after Northrop Grumman launched MEV-1 but backed away from those plans two years earlier because of uncertainty about the commercial market.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2020Airbus impressed by Northrop Grumman, but remains undecided on satellite servicing

SpaceX won one of three CRS-2 contracts in January 2016 alongside Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman) and Sierra Nevada Corporation to continue cargo deliveries to the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2020Falcon 9 launches final first-generation Dragon

The 2021 budget includes $560,000,000 to continue funding public-private Launch Service Agreement partnerships signed in 2018 with United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman are competing with SpaceX for Launch Service Procurement five-year contracts to be awarded in mid-2020 to two companies.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

Northrop Grumman was the first company selected to build a Protected Tactical Service payload.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 6, 2020Space Force’s 2021 budget plan is heavy on satellites and launch

Lynk Global is testing a communications payload on the Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo tug that received FCC permission to remain in orbit until 2020-04-02.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 5, 2020Megaconstellation startup raises $110 million to connect smartphones via satellite

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Northrop Grumman as its commercial partner for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program on 2020-03-04.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020DARPA picks Northrop Grumman as its commercial partner for satellite servicing program

The FCC approved Northrop Grumman’s license amendment request on 2020-03-03, and the NG-12 mission was extended through 2020-04-02 according to the request.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductMar 4, 2020Cygnus mission extended for tests of communications payload

The NG-11 post-departure operations in 2019 included tests that demonstrated Northrop Grumman could operate two Cygnus spacecraft successfully after the November 2019 launch of NG-12.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020Cygnus mission extended for tests of communications payload

Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics division will provide the bus technologies it developed for the Mission Extension Vehicle.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductMar 4, 2020DARPA picks Northrop Grumman as its commercial partner for satellite servicing program

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 1 launched in October 2019 and docked in orbit with an Intelsat communications satellite to extend the spacecraft's operation by five years.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2020DARPA picks Northrop Grumman as its commercial partner for satellite servicing program

Northrop Grumman was awarded a $253,000,000 contract for Protected Tactical Satcom payload development in the month before 2020-03-03.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 4, 2020Boeing, Lockheed win U.S. Space Force contracts to develop satcom payloads

DARPA selected SSL as its commercial partner for the RSGS program in February 2017 over competitor Orbital ATK.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralMar 4, 2020DARPA picks Northrop Grumman as its commercial partner for satellite servicing program

Northrop Grumman completed a static fire test of the second stage of its OmegA rocket on 2020-02-27.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2020Northrop Grumman completes static fire test of OmegA rocket’s second stage

In October 2018, the U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $792,000,000 Launch Services Agreement to complete detailed design and verification of the OmegA space launch vehicle and launch sites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2020Northrop Grumman completes static fire test of OmegA rocket’s second stage

United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman are pitching newly designed launch vehicles projected to fly for the first time in 2021 as part of the U.S. NSSL competition.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipFeb 26, 202020 space industry predictions for 2020

Northrop Grumman incorporated patented technology to avoid electrostatic discharges on orbit into MEV-1 after delaying its launch from 2018 to 2019.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipFeb 26, 2020Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 servicer docks with Intelsat satellite
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