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Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace Teaming to Develop New Rocket

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Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace Teaming to Develop New Rocket
Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket sits on Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. before the rocket launched the 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station on Feb. 19 (Northrop Grumman Photo)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Texas-based Firefly Aerospace are teaming to build a first stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new rocket for commerical, civil, and national security purposes. Scot Lehr, vice president of launch and missile defense systems, said in an Aug. 8 statement that the companies "will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services, followed by an entirely new medium class launch vehicle." “Northrop…

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