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Northrop Grumman books $73M Air Force contract to update missile tech
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $73.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to incorporate new capabilities into a remote visual assessment tool in support of the Minuteman III missile’s production and deployment. The company will modify the Remote Visual Assessment II program to enable […]
Leidos subsidiary tapped to develop lunar landing system
Dynetics, a wholly owned aerospace subsidiary of Reston-based defense contractor Leidos, is one of three prime contractors awarded contracts by NASA to design the human lunar landing system that will take the first woman and next man to the moon’s surface by 2024. The other two aerospace companies are Amazon.com Inc. President and CEO Jeff […]
International Space Station resupply mission launched from Wallops Island
The 13th cargo resupply mission (NG-13) took off Saturday afternoon from Wallops Island in Accomack County to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft will deliver more than 8,000 pounds of cargo to the space station, Gov. Ralph Northam said. The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Falls Church-based defense contractor Northrop […]
