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A full-sized mock-up of the lander that may one day put the next US astronauts on the Moon was unveiled today in Houston. The mock-up of the Human Landing System will be used to help astronauts and NASA engineers provide feedback on the final design.

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US$187 million contract to design the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) crew module for NASA's Gateway deep space outpost. The HALO will provide pressurized living quarters for visiting astronauts.

Northrop Grumman has completed testing of the US Navy's new Very Lightweight Torpedo. The VLWT is the latest in a series of lightweight torpedoes developed for the US Navy and overseas customers to deal with the problems of anti-submarine warfare.

The Intelsat 901 has returned to service less than two months after is historic docking with Northrop Grumman's first Mission Extension Vehicle. Now in a new orbit, the 19-year-old communications satellite will continue to operate for five more years.

Following the recently success of Mission Extension Vehicle-1, DARPA has tapped Northrop Grumman subsidiary Space Logistics LLC to develop technology for servicing and extending the life of satellites in orbit.

In a significant first for commercial satellites, Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle-1 has docked with an aging communication satellite in order to extend its service life after almost two decades in orbit.

Blue Origin has entered into a partnership with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper to design a lunar lander for NASA's Artemis program.

Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have formally agreed to collaborate on building an air-breathing hypersonic weapon for DARPA and the US Air Force. Under the new partnership, the two companies will develop, produce, and integrate scramjet combustors into hypersonic tactical missiles.

Another iconic piece of Cold War hardware is flying into history as the US Marine Corps retires its last Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft. In a ceremony, US Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 stood down the last Prowler squadron after 42 years of service.

The US Air Force's next strategic heavy bomber has passed a critical design review. On November 28 to 30, the US Defense Department carried out a multi-disciplined technical evaluation of the proposed B-21 Raider and has determined that significant progress has been made on the project.

Boeing and Northrop Grumman have stolen a march on rival Lockheed Martin, announcing today in separate releases that they'd won US Air Force contracts to develop preliminary designs for the next generation of American ICBMs.

The US Defense Department announced today that for the first time its Ground-based Midcourse Defense system has intercepted an ICBM dummy warhead somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in a demonstration of the system’s capability to detect, engage, and destroy targets while still in space.