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Air Force Determining Cut Off Date for LSA Funding for Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

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Air Force Determining Cut Off Date for LSA Funding for Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin

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The U.S. Air Force is to determine when to shut off Launch Services Agreement (LSA) funding for Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Blue Origin, the two companies that lost out in the Phase 2 launch service procurement (LSP) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) awards on Aug. 7. “We will work with those two companies to determine the right point to tie off their work under the LSA agreements," Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper told reporters on Aug 10. "The goal…

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