by Matt Wilson | Sep 17, 2020 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
On 16 September Northrop Grumman received a contract from the US Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to develop a next-generation “jam-resistant” military communications satellite. The contract was awarded through the Evolved Strategic Satellite...
by David Todd | Sep 10, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Seradata News
Northrop Grumman has decided formally to end development of its OmegA rocket after being an unsuccessful bidder for phase 2 of the US Department of Defense’s National Security Space Launch programme. The DoD has selected United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX for the...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 26, 2020 | Seradata News
Early in August, the US Department of Defense decided to continue with only SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) for its military and governmental launches. The National Security Space Launch Phase 2 award covers government launches over the 2022-27 period....
by Matt Wilson | May 19, 2020 | Military space, Satellites, Seradata News
American satellite manufacturer Northrop Grumman received an awaited order for two polar orbit Next-Gen OPIR satellites on 18 May. The contract is valued at US$2.37 billion. The Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-gen OPIR) satellites will provide...
by Matt Wilson | Mar 10, 2020 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
At SATELLITE 2020 in Washington D.C., Northrop Grumman’s Joseph Anderson talked about the company’s planned second in-orbit servicing mission. This follows the recent successful docking of MEV-1 (Mission Extension Vehicle) and its target Intelsat 901 in...
