Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Texas-based Firefly Aerospace are teaming to build a first stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new rocket for commerical, civil, and national security purposes. Scot Lehr, vice president of launch and missile defense systems, said in an Aug. 8 statement that the companies "will first develop a fully domestic version of our Antares rocket, the Antares 330, for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services, followed by an entirely new medium class launch vehicle." “Northrop…
