Illustrations of Boeing's WGS-11 with PTS payload (top) and Northrop Grumman's ESPA-HP bus.

After conducting market research, the Space Systems Command said ‘limiting competition to the Boeing Company and Northrop Grumman is justified’

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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector. She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense...