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SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off Wednesday aboard its Falcon 9 rocket to bring over 5.6K pounds of supplies and research payloads to the International Space Station. The launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks the company’s 16th mission to ISS under NASA‘s Commercial Resupply Services contract, the agency said Thursday. Dragon carried the Global Ecosystem Dynamics […] More
Northrop Grumman is developing a new approach that would allow for cargo loading to take place 24 hours before the launch of a spacecraft. The company said Tuesday it is preparing to implement the use of a pop-top, a specialized removable nose cone that would support late loading for Antares and Cygnus spacecraft. Additionally, a mobile […] More
NASA‘s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, exploration spacecraft has landed on Mars with the support of Northrop Grumman-made technologies. The company said Monday it built InSight’s cruise stage and instrument heat pipes, lander diaphragm tanks and solar array assembly at facilities in Maryland and California. Northrop also manufactured a […] More
Some executives at Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Textron have said the U.S. military’s ongoing efforts to modernize warfighter readiness have increased opportunities for industry to offer virtual and augmented reality training systems, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Corey Hendricks, chief engineer of global training solutions at Raytheon, noted the company integrated VR and AR tools with mobile platforms […] More
Northrop Grumman has received a $59.1M contract to perform engineering, manufacturing and development work on next-generation navigation systems for the U.S. Air Force. The company will aim to complete the EMD phase of the Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System-Modernization program by Sept. 30 of next year, the Defense Department said Thursday. The Air Force is obligating […] More
Northrop Grumman has partnered with Harris and a Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary to demonstrate existing jammer systems for integration into the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday it formed the team after it received in October a potential 20-month, $35M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to support the service’s Next Generation […] More
A Northrop Grumman spacecraft has reached the International Space Station for its 10th cargo resupply mission with NASA. The company said Monday the Cygnus spacecraft, also called “S.S. John Young,” transported 7.4K pounds of crew supplies and research materials to ISS after it launched Saturday from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia aboard an Antares rocket. ISS crew used the […] More
Northrop Grumman on Saturday launched the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on a mission to deliver 7,400 pounds of NASA‘s scientific equipment and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The company said Saturday its vehicle, nicknamed S.S. John Young, lifted off at 4:01 a.m. Eastern time from the Wallops Flight Facility’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A in Virginia aboard the medium-class Antares rocket. […] More
Northrop Grumman, the mission package integrator for the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ship program, will serve as a “captain level” sponsor to the commissioning of an 11th LCS. The company said Thursday it provided mission modules, minehunting systems, integrated bridge and navigation equipment and an MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system for the USS Sioux City. Northrop […] More
Tom McCabe, senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary of BWX Technologies, has been named as Outstanding Chief Legal Officer of the Year by the Association of Corporate Counsel’s National Capital Region chapter. McCabe received the award in the large company category. ACC recognized his leadership role in the merger of […] More
Northrop Grumman intends to launch on Friday, Nov. 16 its Cygnus spacecraft to deliver approximately 7.4K pounds of scientific equipment and crew supplies to the International Space Station. The scheduled liftoff of Cygnus from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia atop Northrop’s Antares rocket will mark the company’s 10th cargo resupply mission to ISS, the firm said Wednesday. […] More
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket is now positioned at the launch pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for a scheduled launch Thursday, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The launch vehicle will carry the company’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station for a resupply mission. Cygnus will deliver food supplies, crew provisions and multiple payloads to […] More
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