The company will develop 21-inch diameter solid rocket motors for the second stage of the Standard Missile 6

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X-Bow and Ursa Major get defense contracts to develop and produce solid rocket motors

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Northrop Grumman announced Jan. 16 it conducted a successful static fire test of the second-stage solid rocket motor for a new intercontinental ballistic missile the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force.

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Northrop Grumman test-fired a new solid rocket motor that marks the beginning of an annual test campaign to demonstrate advanced technologies that could be incorporated into space and defense programs.

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A Chinese launch vehicle maker appears to have suffered an explosion at a test site at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

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Rocket engine startup Ursa Major plans to break into the solid rocket motor market, the company announced Nov. 20.

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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded X-Bow Systems, a startup that specializes in solid rocket propulsion, a $17.8 million contract to demonstrate additive manufacturing technologies. 

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Defense contractor Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors, the companies announced June 25.

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X-Bow Systems, an Albuquerque, N.M., solid propulsion startup, announced a $60 million U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase, or STRATFI, agreement.

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The Defense Department has agreed to provide Aerojet Rocketdyne $215.6 million to expand its rocket propulsion manufacturing faciltiies in order to speed up production of missiles for Ukraine, the Pentagon announced April 14.

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Adranos, a startup that manufactures solid rocket motors, announced Sept. 8 it opened a fuel-production facility in Indiana.

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Northrop Grumman on June 8 confirmed that it received a contract worth more than $2 billion to produce solid rocket boosters for United Launch Alliance.

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An orbital launch attempt by Chinese startup iSpace ended in failure early Friday, following two failures last year.

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Northrop Grumman is anticipating a $2 billion contract from United Launch Alliance for solid rocket boosters, president and CEO Kathy Warden said April 28.

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Adranos, a startup that manufactures solid rocket motors, announced April 26 it has closed a $20 million Series A funding round. 

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Chinese state-owned entities are developing a growing range of solid rockets to meet growing launch demands and contribute to a wider strategy of making China a fully-fledged space power.

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Northrop Grumman announced Jan. 21 it completed a static firing of the strap-on solid booster it developed for United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket. 

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The GEM 63XL motors will fly on ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2021.

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Northrop Grumman developed the GEM 63 rocket motors under a cooperative agreement with United Launch Alliance.

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The facility will be able to manufacture motors up to 470 inches long and up to 100 inches in diameter.

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Boeing has informed the Air Force that it will not bid Ground Based Strategic Deterrent engineering and manufacturing development.

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Northrop Grumman on Thursday conducted a full-scale static fire test of the first stage of OmegA.

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Boeing and Northrop Grumman initially had been expected to compete the rocket motor work between Orbital and Aerojet. With Orbital under Northrop Grumman ownership, that type of competition would not be possible.

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A new market for super high-speed weapons is fueling investments in rocket engine technologies.

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