By Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 2 March 2022 Los Angeles (SPX) - Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace will design and develop the two mission payloads for the U.S. Space Force's Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar (NGP) program. "NGP combines Northrop Grumman's proven experience in missile warning and
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 2 March 2022 Kari Bingen: Commercial imagery is 'a competitive advantage we have vis-a-vis Russia and China' WASHINGTON — A steady stream of imagery from commercial spy satellites provides extraordinary intelligence about Russian troop advances in Ukraine and attacks on Ukrainian cities. But as
By Seriu Gatlan, Published by Bleeping Computer, 2 March 2022 Russia will consider any cyberattacks targeting Russian satellite infrastructure an act of war, as the country's space agency director said in a TV interview. Dmitry Rogozin, the current head of the Russian Roscosmos State Space Corporation, added that such attempts
By Jason Rainbow, Published by SpaceNews, 1 March 2022 An artist rendition of a Lockheed Martin-built GPS 3F satellite. Credit: Lockheed Martin TAMPA, Fla. — Lockheed Martin is looking to set up a satellite manufacturing base in the United Kingdom to expand its global space business, the U.S.-based aerospace and
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 1 March 2022 WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman announced Tuesday they have selected payload providers for their respective segments of the Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program. Both companies are on contract to build a portion of the first block of
By Sandra Erwin,Published by Space News, 28 February 2022 Rendering of the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer low Earth orbit constellation. Credit: Northrop Grumman The agency awarded three contracts: $700 million to Lockheed Martin, $692 million to Northrop Grumman and $382 million to York Space for the Transport Layer Tranche
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 27 February 2022 Satellite image released by Maxar Feb. 27 shows a convoy of Russian military vehicles northeast of Ivankiv, Ukraine, and moving toward Kyiv. Credit: Maxar Technologies Scott Herman, CEO of Cognitive Space: 'You don't get a better opportunity than this to show
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 21 February 2022 WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched a set of Starlink satellites Feb. 21 after more than three-fourths of the satellites from the previous launch were lost because of a solar storm. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape
