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The Pentagon is keeping the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program on track by allowing the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to push ahead with its plans to award potential five-year design and development contracts to two defense contractors this month. Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are leading three industry teams that are competing for the two contracts.

Lockheed Martin Corporation has reported fourth quarter and full year 2020 results. The company’s fourth quarter 2020 net sales were $17.0 billion, compared to $15.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019. “In concert with our resilient operational performance, we delivered strong financial results on behalf of our shareholders and contributed to our communities," said Lockheed Martin president and CEO James Taiclet.

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Aerojet Rocketdyne on a proposal to compete for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) contract for The Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Lockheed Martin has offered an interceptor that will address all elements of environmental survivability. Aerojet Rocketdyne will power Lockheed Martin’s primary propulsion to address all U.S. Northern Command challenges.

NASA, along with teams from Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne, completed integration of RS-25 engines with the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System ahead of the Artemis I mission to the moon.

The Air Force Research Laboratory conducted a demonstration for an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built rocket engine preburner designed under the Hydrocarbon Boost program. The HCB preburner can operate under austere conditions and siphons external energy to power engine systems, the U.S. Air Force said Thursday.

NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility has connected the first RS-25 engine to the core stage of a rocket that will support lunar missions with the Orion spacecraft.

Engineers docked one of four RS-25 engines to the Space Launch System's core stage as part of a collaborative effort with Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne, the space agency said Wednesday.

NASA has connected the five main components of the Space Launch System launch vehicle's core stage in preparation for a flight to the moon in 2024. The space agency said Friday that it conjoined the last sections of the core stage on Thursday at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

NASA completed tests for engine systems designed to support the deployment of the initial four Space Launch System rockets to space. Sixteen RS-25 engines underwent hot fire demonstrations have accumulated 14,700 seconds through 32 developmental tests since 2015, the agency said Friday. 

The Defense Department‘s Office of Inspector General has called for a root cause analysis and implementation of corrective measures to address contractor nonconformities identified during a review of quality management practices under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. DoD OIG made the recommendation to the heads of the EELV System Program Office …

NASA has fired up a set of Aerojet Rocketdyne-built spacecraft thrusters onboard the space agency’s farthest spacecraft which have remained dormant for approximately 37 years. The space agency said Saturday the four Voyager-1 backup thrusters will be used to help extend the life of the spacecraft in interstellar space which …