NOTE: The above video, courtesy of Northrop Grumman, shows various b-roll shots of the eclipse rocket. WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.

Northrop Grumman invests $50 million in Firefly Aerospace for developing the Eclipse rocket with a 2026 launch target.

Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace have given a name to the future medium-lift rocket they plan to build: Eclipse.

Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further development of a medium-lift launch vehicle with ...

Northrop Grumman investment supports development of Firefly’s Eclipse, a medium-lift model designed for a range of mission ...

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U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman has invested $50 million into space startup Firefly Aerospace to aid the production ...

American-manufactured vehicle will launch space station resupply, commercial, and national security Similar to two celestial ...

Xodiac rocket makes its final flight. Originally built by Masten Space Systems, the suborbital Xodiac rocket had flown 175 ...

Instead, Northrop in 2022 partnered with Firefly to jointly develop the MLV, as a successor to Antares. Northrop’s new $50 ...

Northrop Grumman, one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies, announced May 29 that it will invest $50 ...

Northrop Grumman issued $1 billion in new senior notes, split evenly between two tranches maturing in 2030 and 2035, with ...