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Northrop Grumman

US
commercial
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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All three companies—Boeing, Masten Space Systems, and Northrop Grumman—received Phase 1 study contracts from DARPA in 2014.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 22, 2020Boeing drops out of DARPA Experimental Spaceplane program

SpaceX is challenging the Air Force’s October 2018 decision to award Launch Service Agreements to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 22, 2020SpaceX presses on with legal fight against U.S. Air Force over rocket contracts

The October 2018 LSA contracts awarded $500,000,000 to Blue Origin, $967,000,000 to United Launch Alliance, and $762,000,000 to Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 22, 2020SpaceX presses on with legal fight against U.S. Air Force over rocket contracts

Eutelsat 5 West B uses a Northrop Grumman GEOStar-2 platform with an all Ku-band payload from Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 17, 2020Power loss halves Eutelsat 5 West B capacity, hosted payload spared

The GEM-63 engine is used on both United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Northrop Grumman’s OmegA, creating intertwined engine risks.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 12, 2020Independent study of launch market says U.S. Air Force should support three domestic providers

Except for SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman are offering newly designed rockets that RAND projects will be ready by 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 12, 2020Independent study of launch market says U.S. Air Force should support three domestic providers

Eleven companies won concept study and prototype development awards from NASA in May, including Blue Origin, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX, with a combined value of $45,500,000.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipJan 10, 2020Dynetics, Sierra Nevada bidding on Artemis lunar lander

Lockheed Martin Corporation manufactures the SBIRS satellites and Northrop Grumman Corporation manufactures the SBIRS payloads.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 8, 2020U.S. early warning satellites helped avert casualties from Iran’s missile attack

The James Webb Space Telescope will be shipped from Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Southern California to Kourou, French Guiana for preparation for launch on an Ariane 5.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 7, 2020JWST remains on schedule for March 2021 launch

Northrop Grumman plans to deliver the James Webb Space Telescope by the end of 2020.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipJan 7, 2020JWST remains on schedule for March 2021 launch

Russia launched five Proton rockets in 2019, of which one was a commercial dual launch for Northrop Grumman and Eutelsat Communications and the rest were for government missions.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralJan 7, 2020Arianespace could launch record 22 missions in 2020

After the Export-Import Bank’s charter lapsed in 2015, Boeing and Orbital ATK said they lost satellite manufacturing contracts because they could not offer export financing.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 21, 2019Ex-Im Bank gets seven-year extension

Eight vendors—SpaceX, Xbow Launch Systems, Northrop Grumman, Firefly Aerospace, United Launch Alliance, Aevum, VOX Space, and Rocket Lab—were selected to compete for OSP-4 missions to launch small and medium payloads over 180 kg.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

NROL-129, a National Reconnaissance Office mission, is scheduled to launch in spring 2020 on a Northrop Grumman Minotaur 4 from Wallops Island, Virginia.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

NROL-111, another National Reconnaissance Office mission, will launch in late 2020 from Wallops Island aboard a Northrop Grumman Minotaur 1 vehicle.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 18, 2019Air Force to schedule nine small launch missions in 2020

Northrop Grumman agreed to launch one or two of Saturn’s NationSat small geostationary communications satellites on the maiden flight of OmegA.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 16, 2019OmegA rocket’s first customer still needs customer of its own

Northrop Grumman plans to target the first OmegA flight in the first part of 2021 and to conduct the second certification flight shortly thereafter.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanDec 16, 2019OmegA rocket’s first customer still needs customer of its own

Northrop Grumman received a $792,000,000 Launch Service Agreement from the U.S. Air Force last year to support OmegA development for the National Security Space Launch program.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipDec 16, 2019OmegA rocket’s first customer still needs customer of its own

The U.S. Air Force confirmed on 2019-12-13 that Northrop Grumman was the only bidder for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 14, 2019Northrop Grumman wins competition to build future ICBM, by default

The Federal Trade Commission opened an investigative query into Northrop Grumman's June 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 14, 2019Northrop Grumman wins competition to build future ICBM, by default
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