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  • Northrop Reaches Milestone in Trident II Solid Rocket Motor Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Reaches Milestone in Trident II Solid Rocket Motor Production

    Northrop Grumman marked the completion of its two thousandth solid rocket motor of the UGM-133A Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile. The company said Thursday it finished manufacturing more than 800 units each of the first-stage A1000 and second-stage B1000 motors for the U.S. Navy. Northrop has been supplying the motors to SLBM developer Lockheed Martin […] More

  • DARPA Taps 9 Companies to Develop VTOL Drone Designs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps 9 Companies to Develop VTOL Drone Designs

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has named nine companies to develop and demonstrate conceptual designs for an uncrewed aerial system with vertical landing and takeoff, and long endurance leap-ahead capabilities. The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY initiative seeks to develop and flight demonstrate a VTOL aircraft that can be deployed and recovered from […] More

  • Mynaric to Deliver Laser Comm Terminals to RTX for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mynaric to Deliver Laser Comm Terminals to RTX for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites

    Mynaric will produce and deliver three laser communications terminals for each of the seven missile tracking satellites being developed by RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies, for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer program. The company said Wednesday it will supply 21 Condor Mk3 terminals to RTX in 2024 to equip the latter’s infrared-sensing satellites with […] More

  • Former ICEYE Exec Andrew Parlock Joins Space Forge as US Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former ICEYE Exec Andrew Parlock Joins Space Forge as US Managing Director

    Space Forge has tapped Andrew Parlock, former ICEYE director, to lead the U.K.-headquartered satellite developer’s newly-established manufacturing operations in the United States. Parlock’s appointment as managing director is in line with Space Forge’s strategic expansion of partnerships, and plan to capitalize on the increasing interest in super materials in the U.S., the company said Wednesday. […] More

  • Intelsat Orders 2nd Satellite Mission Extension Pod From Northrop's Space Logistics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat Orders 2nd Satellite Mission Extension Pod From Northrop’s Space Logistics

    Northrop Grumman‘s Space Logistics subsidiary will provide an additional mission extension pod to extend the life of an unidentified Intelsat-built commercial communications satellite operating in geosynchronous orbit for at least six years. The MEP jet pack marks Intelsat’s fourth satellite servicing vehicle order with the Northrop business to add life to its GEO satellites, the […] More

  • Northrop's Triton Flying Test Bed Demonstrates Targeting Capability at Joint Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Triton Flying Test Bed Demonstrates Targeting Capability at Joint Exercise

    Northrop Grumman used its MQ-4C Triton test bed aircraft to demonstrate persistent long-range targeting capabilities for joint, distributed maritime operations during the Northern Edge 2023 military training exercise held in Alaska. The Triton flying test bed executed scenarios during multiple flights wherein it collected, processed and disseminated information to provide situational awareness to various maritime […] More

  • Northrop Looks to Boost Range, Performance of Ground/Air Multi-Mission Radar Following Lot 1 Completion - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Looks to Boost Range, Performance of Ground/Air Multi-Mission Radar Following Lot 1 Completion

    Northrop Grumman will upgrade the capabilities of its AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar to extend its range and enhance its performance. The aerospace and defense contractor said Wednesday it recently completed full rate production Lot 1 of the radars in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and now plans to modify G/ATOR next year to boost […] More

  • State Department Clears Sale of E-2C Hawkeye Supporting Equipment to France - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Clears Sale of E-2C Hawkeye Supporting Equipment to France

    The State Department approved the government of France’s proposed $160 million procurement of sustainment items and services related to its Northrop Grumman-built E-2C Hawkeye aircraft. The foreign military sale covers software updates, technical and product assistance, logistics and program support as well as an Engine Component Improvement Program for the E-2C Hawkeye, the Defense Security […] More

  • Navy Receives 1st Modernized E-6B Mercury Aircraft From Northrop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives 1st Modernized E-6B Mercury Aircraft From Northrop

    Northrop Grumman delivered a modernized E-6B Mercury aircraft to the U.S. Navy as part of the Integrated Modification and Maintenance contract, completing the modification project on the first aircraft in approximately one year. During the upgrade process, the E-6B aircraft was equipped with five kits to boost its airborne command, control and communication functions, the […] More

  • Northrop-Built C2 System Deployed by US Allies in Baltic Region; Rebecca Torzone Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Built C2 System Deployed by US Allies in Baltic Region; Rebecca Torzone Quoted

    Northrop Grumman has trained military personnel in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to use a company-built system for managing counter-small unmanned aerial platform operations. The Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control system aligns the three Baltic states’ collective short-range air defense and C-sUAS capabilities with the U.S. European Command’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Plan, […] More

  • Virginia-Based GovCon Companies Named to 2023 Fortune 1000 List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Virginia-Based GovCon Companies Named to 2023 Fortune 1000 List

    Several Virginia-based defense, aerospace and government services companies landed spots on the 2023 Fortune 1000 list, which ranks the 1,000 largest U.S. public and private corporations by total revenue, Virginia Business reported Monday. Boeing and Raytheon Technologies, previously based in Chicago and Massachusetts, respectively, relocated their headquarters to Arlington County in 2022. New to the […] More