Northrop Grumman [NOC] is targeting next March to select a payload provider for the company's effort to build two satellites for missile warning under Block O of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program. In May last year, U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $2.3 billion contract for early hardware procurement for the two Next-Gen Polar (NGP) satellites, which are to complement the missile warning to be provided by three Block 0 Next-Gen OPIR Geosynchronous (NGG) satellites built…
