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Orbit Fab has closed a round of Series A financing led by 8090 Industries and will use the investment to accelerate the deployment of fuel delivery and storage platforms in geostationary and low-Earth orbits. Lockheed Martin’s venture arm, Stride Capital, Industrious Ventures, Tribe Capital, Massive Capital Partners and Good Growth Capital also participated in the […] More
Optimum Technologies has named Michael McMeekin, an industry veteran with years-long experience with Northrop Grumman, as a senior strategy and business development adviser. In his new role, McMeekin will identify growth opportunities for OpTech and its mission partners by collaborating with internal and external personnel, the Space Enterprise Consortium registered non-traditional contractor said Friday. McMeekin’s […] More
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $45.96 million contract modification by the U.S. Space Force to continue developing a rideshare satellite platform to deploy small payloads into geostationary orbit for refueling demonstration efforts. The modification covers development, delivery, launch and initial on-orbit support services for the Rapid On-orbit Space Technology Evaluation Ring effort, the Department […] More
Northrop Grumman has received Department of Defense approval to begin manufacturing at full-rate capacity a command and control system designed to support the U.S. Army’s air and missile defense operations across the globe. DOD decided to move the Integrated Battle Command System into full-rate production, marking a key step for the service branch to schedule […] More
Longtime Northrop Grumman executive Kathy Warden was presented with her well-earned 2023 Wash100 Award recently at the Northrop Grumman headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. The founder of the award, Jim Garrettson—who is CEO of Executive Mosaic—personally delivered the plaque. Warden is president, CEO and chairwoman of Northrop and this year marks her eighth win of the Capitol region’s […] More
An electronic warfare system Northrop Grumman built for the F-16 aircraft surpassed benchmarks during a recent simulation test in the U.S. Air Force’s Laboratory Intelligence Validated Emulator. The LIVE testing process showcased the potential of the Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite to defend against radio frequency threats by putting simulated air defense radar pulses into […] More
Roshan Roeder, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, received her first Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. The industry-leading Wash100 Award honors executives in the government contracting sector who exemplify excellence in leadership and commitment to important government missions. Roeder was named to this year’s Wash100 for her […] More
Northrop Grumman has opened a two-building, launch and missile defense development campus in Huntsville, Alabama, to expand its research and development capability in support of defense, intelligence and government customers. The new Northrop Grumman Redstone Gateway will house more than a thousand employees working on space technologies for missile defense, the aerospace and defense company […] More
Quantum Computing Inc.’s federal unit has become a member of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Quantum Technologies, an alliance of engineers and scientists developing quantum devices, systems and algorithms to help address industry and defense challenges. Joining as a non-traditional defense company, QI Solutions will guide the CQT group using its knowledge in quantum photonic […] More
A Northrop Grumman-led industry team has secured the National Aeronautic Association’s Robert J. Collier Trophy in recognition of its work on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The company said Thursday it partnered with L3Harris Technologies, Ball Aerospace, Raytheon Technologies and NeXolve on the space deployable telescope, which launched in December 2021. Northrop led the design, […] More
Northrop Grumman will work with Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works arm, Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business, Long Wave and Crescent Systems as part of a team that will compete for a U.S. Navy program that seeks to replace the service’s fleet of E-6B Mercury aircraft. Henry Cyr, director of multidomain command and control capture programs […] More
A partnership between Northrop Grumman and Shield AI has secured a rapid prototyping other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to build a prototype of an unmanned aircraft system designed for vertical take-off and landing. Northrop said Tuesday it has teamed up with the artificial intelligence-powered aircraft manufacturer to develop an open-architecture version of the […] More
