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 ...

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

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

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

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

Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE:NOC), a leading name in aerospace and defense, has poured $50 million into Firefly Aerospace Inc.

Firefly became the first commercial company to successfully put a lander on the Moon.