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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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The contracts awarded to L3Harris and Northrop Grumman are part of the Defense Experimentation Using the Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) project.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 7, 2019L3Harris, Northrop Grumman win contracts to connect Air Force hardware with commercial space broadband

L3Harris and Northrop Grumman received three-year contracts to establish the ability to communicate with Air Force platforms via multiple commercial space internet constellations using common user terminal hardware elements.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductDec 7, 2019L3Harris, Northrop Grumman win contracts to connect Air Force hardware with commercial space broadband

On 2019-12-06, the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $9,900,000 contract to integrate commercial space internet services on military aircraft.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipDec 7, 2019L3Harris, Northrop Grumman win contracts to connect Air Force hardware with commercial space broadband

United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman were developing new launch vehicles for the Phase 2 competition and projected first flights of those rockets in 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 5, 2019Air Force projects increased launch activity for 2020

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems holds a $410,000,000 contract to develop the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads.

Mentioned as: northrop grumman aerospace systemsOrg RelationshipDec 4, 2019NileSat buys satellite from Thales Alenia • Arctic comms payloads pass review • NationSat launch slips to 2021

Northrop Grumman plans OmegA’s first flight in early 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative PlanDec 3, 2019Northrop Grumman touts financial strength in marketing pitch for OmegA rocket

Northrop Grumman is offering the solid-propulsion OmegA launch vehicle that was originally developed by Orbital ATK before the company was acquired by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralDec 3, 2019Northrop Grumman touts financial strength in marketing pitch for OmegA rocket

NASA plans to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman to develop the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) element based on Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 29, 2019Italy satisfied with outcome of ESA ministerial

Inmarsat has two payloads scheduled to launch in 2022 on Space Norway satellites being built by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanNarrative GrowthNov 26, 2019Ariane 5 launches satellites for Egypt, Inmarsat

The Air Force signed cost-sharing agreements in October 2018 with Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance to help pay for vehicle development and launch infrastructure.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 23, 2019In protest decision, GAO negates Blue Origin’s claim that Air Force launch procurement favors incumbents

SoundSee launched on 2019-11-02 aboard Northrop Grumman’s CRS-12 resupply mission.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 21, 2019Astrobotic Blasts Off to the International Space Station

Gene Fujii previously worked as a Principal Systems Engineer at Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) on small LEO and geosynchronous equatorial orbit commercial communications satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 20, 2019Astroscale Welcomes the Appointments of Gene Fujii as Chief Engineer and Mike Lindsay as CTO

Finalists for Breakthrough of the Year included SpaceX’s Starlink, NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, JAXA’s Hayabusa-2, China’s Chang’e 4 lunar landing, Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express rideshare mission, Spektr-RG, and Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 satellite servicing mission.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 11, 2019Here are all the Readers’ Choice winners of the 2019 SpaceNews Awards

Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket flew the NG-12 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station on 2019-11-02.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductNov 2, 2019Air Force, NRO cubesats fly to International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman resupply mission

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on 2019-11-02 from Wallops Island, Virginia.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2019Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft on first CRS-2 mission

The original CRS contracts were awarded in 2008 to Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) and SpaceX to transport cargo to and from the ISS.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2019Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft on first CRS-2 mission

The Day 3 issue of the Show Daily was published 2019-10-23 and features a cover story on Blue Origin joining forces with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper to compete for NASA’s lunar lander contract.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2019Download all fourSpaceNewsshow dailies from the 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Leidos, and L3Harris each a $20,000,000 contract to design space sensors that can track hypersonic and ballistic missiles on 2019-10-29.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2019Missile Defense Agency selects four companies to develop space sensors

NASA awarded CRS-2 contracts in January 2016 to Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), and SpaceX.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 28, 2019Commercial cargo: The next generation

Northrop Grumman (which acquired Orbital ATK in 2018) operates Cygnus spacecraft under NASA cargo resupply programs to deliver supplies and experiments to the ISS and to return or dispose of cargo.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipOct 28, 2019Commercial cargo: The next generation
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