Search

Pair Of Democrats Want DoD To Review Impacts Of Northrop Grumman Purchase Of Orbital ATK

Pair Of Democrats Want DoD To Review Impacts Of Northrop Grumman Purchase Of Orbital ATK
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness. (Photo: Rep. John Garamendi)

In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rejection earlier this year of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] proposed acquisition Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] on grounds that it would reduce competition for missile propulsion technology, two House Democrats on Thursday asked the Department of Defense to scrutinize competitive impacts from the 2018 acquisition by Northrop Grumman [NOC] of Orbital ATK, which competes with Aerojet on missile and rocket motors. Citing FTC concerns from 2018 that Northrop’s acquisition of Orbital ATK could limit…

Subscriber-only content. Please log in below.

Not a subscriber or registered user yet?

Please contact us at clientservices@accessintel.com or call us at 888-707-5814 (Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.), to start a free trial, get pricing information, order a reprint, or post an article link on your website.



Congress Updates

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]


Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]


Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]


‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]