Northrop Grumman
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Awards
Kratos books $446.8M Space Force OTA for MEO Missile Warning & Tracking ground segment
March 17, 2026 follow-on Ground Management Integration OTA from Space Systems Command. Kratos leads team including Northrop Grumman, Auria, ASRC Federal Systems Solutions, Rise8. Supports Epoch 1 (12 Millennium sats) and Epoch 2 (10 BAE sats).
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Awards
GSA names 43 Phase 1 Alliant 3 awardees — no maximum dollar ceiling on the GWAC
February 23, 2026 announcement: 43 phase-1 winners from 133 proposals. Total target ~76 awardees across multiple phases. No maximum dollar ceiling. Vehicle covers cloud, cyber, data, software, systems engineering, emerging tech.
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Awards
Space Development Agency awards $3.5B for 72 missile-tracking satellites — Tranche 3 four-vendor split
Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Rocket Lab, and Northrop Grumman each build 18 satellites for the Tracking Layer Tranche 3 constellation. Launches scheduled FY29. Lockheed leads at $1.1B; Rocket Lab's award is its largest defense win.
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Northrop's B-21 production +25%, Sentinel restructure ends 2026, first launch targeted 2027
Q1 2026 revenue hit $9.9B as Northrop's two highest-profile DoD programs accelerate. B-21 production capacity expanding 25% (backed by $4.5B in reconciliation-bill funding and $2.5B company investment); Sentinel restructure wraps this year with first test launch in 2027.
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Policy
Trump's January 7 Warfighter EO — stock-buyback ban for 'underperforming' defense primes
The January 7, 2026 EO 'Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting' directs DoW to identify underperforming primes, prohibit their stock buybacks and dividends until performance issues cure, and link future executive compensation to performance metrics.
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Artemis II flew April 1 — NASA's 2,700-supplier chain just passed its biggest test
The crewed lunar fly-by validated a procurement model spanning 47 states and 11 prime contractors. With Artemis III hardware now ramping, the small-business supply pipeline is opening.
