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Blue Origin Taps Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Draper for NASA Human Landing System

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

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Blue Origin Taps Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Draper for NASA Human Landing System

Blue Origin will partner with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper Laboratory to build a human landing system under NASA's Artemis program. (Photo: Blue Origin)

Blue Origin has signed teaming agreements with multiple major defense contractors for its offering for a new Human Landing System under NASA’s Artemis program to bring U.S. astronauts back to the Moon in the next five years. Company founder Jeff Bezos announced that Blue Origin has signed with Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Draper Laboratory Oct. 22 at the 70th International Astronautical Congress conference in Washington, D.C. The company lauded these contractors’ decades of experience supporting NASA with…

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]