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Northrop Grumman

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Falls Church, Virginia, United States
www.northropgrumman.com/
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A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched a Cygnus spacecraft on 2019-04-17.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 17, 2019Antares launches Cygnus on ISS cargo mission

This mission is designated NG-11 and is the last Northrop Grumman mission under the company’s original Commercial Resupply Services contract awarded by NASA in 2008.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanTechnical ProductApr 17, 2019Antares launches Cygnus on ISS cargo mission

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus mission designated NG-11 is scheduled to launch at 4:46 p.m. Eastern on 2019-04-17 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia on an Antares rocket.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2019Latest Cygnus mission to ISS includes new features

Northrop Grumman plans to keep the NG-11 Cygnus in orbit for months to test its ability to serve as a free-flying research platform instead of deorbiting within weeks of departing the station.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2019Latest Cygnus mission to ISS includes new features

Northrop Grumman aims to keep the NG-11 Cygnus in orbit at least until after the launch of the NG-12 Cygnus sometime in the fall to demonstrate operating two Cygnus spacecraft simultaneously from the same control center.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanTechnical ProductApr 16, 2019Latest Cygnus mission to ISS includes new features

Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman are developing new vehicles that are not expected to fly until 2021.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance and Northrop Grumman were awarded a total of $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement (LSA) funding in October to develop next-generation rockets and supporting infrastructure.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

Stratolaunch currently plans to launch Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL from the aircraft.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 13, 2019Stratolaunch plane makes first flight

ILS has one mission planned 2019: a Proton dual launch carrying the Eutelsat 5 West B communications satellite and Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 1.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 12, 2019Glavkosmos absorbs ILS, promises lower Proton prices

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems is preparing to launch MEV-1, its first Mission Extension Vehicle, 2019 on an International Launch Services Proton rocket.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2019Thales Alenia Space mulls satellite servicing venture

Northrop Grumman is eligible to receive up to $792,000,000 from the Air Force to support development of the OmegA solid-fueled rocket.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2019Blue Origin urging Air Force to postpone launch competition

United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) in 2015 to provide GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters for Vulcan.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2019ULA to fly Vulcan technology on Atlas 5 to gain flight heritage

Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were chosen in October by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to share $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding.

Mentioned as: northrop grummanOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2019Blue Origin urging Air Force to postpone launch competition

An In Space Manufacturing panel featuring Made In Space, Maxar, Lunar Resources, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin is scheduled on Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2019U.S. space dominance dominates 35th Space Symposium agenda

A James Webb Space Telescope Town Hall is scheduled on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. featuring NASA JWST Program Manager Bill Ochs, Northrop Grumman’s JWST Program Manager Scott Willoughby, and Massimo Stiavelli of the JWST mission office.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2019U.S. space dominance dominates 35th Space Symposium agenda

Before the Launch Service Agreement award, Northrop Grumman and the Air Force had invested more than $300,000,000 in developing OmegA.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2019For OmegA, U.S. Air Force launch competition is a must-win

Northrop Grumman received a $792,000,000 Launch Service Agreement in October to share the cost of developing OmegA to carry military satellites.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2019For OmegA, U.S. Air Force launch competition is a must-win

The Next-Gen OPIR RDT&E request includes $107,000,000 for two polar-orbiting satellites to be made by Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative FinancialMar 31, 2019Military space gets big boost in Pentagon’s $750 billion budget plan

The 2020 budget requests $427,000,000 for recapitalization of the Northrop Grumman-led Enhanced Polar Satcom system.

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2019Military space gets big boost in Pentagon’s $750 billion budget plan

The Air Force made Launch Service Agreement cost-sharing awards in October to Blue Origin’s New Glenn ($500,000,000), Northrop Grumman’s OmegA ($792,000,000), and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur ($967,000,000).

Mentioned as: Northrop GrummanNarrative FinancialMar 31, 2019Air Force space launch competition caught in political crossfire
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