Orbital ATK shareholders approve sale to Northrop Grumman
Capitalism in space: The shareholders of Orbital ATK today approved the sale of the company to Northrop Grumman for $7.8 billion.
I suspect this will mean the end of the Orbital name, to be replaced by Northrop Grumman, once a major player in space but focused elsewhere in recent decades.
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Capitalism in space: The shareholders of Orbital ATK today approved the sale of the company to Northrop Grumman for $7.8 billion.
I suspect this will mean the end of the Orbital name, to be replaced by Northrop Grumman, once a major player in space but focused elsewhere in recent decades.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
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In the discussion of what the future of space will be like… Northrop Grumman will not only have “leading contender status”, but also has the money, the technical know-how, and the firepower to back up any foothold inside or outside earths orbit that it wishes. It can also guarantee the safety of any client/country/company/corporation that wishes to use their services.
http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/space/Pages/default.aspx
There future doesn’t just look good for this mega corporation/arms dealer, they have the right people in the right places… They are golden.
The conspiracy theories, and justified worries following this company around like a dark shadow… like a deep state shadow.
Dark projects do exist, it’s the not knowing what they’re working on that promotes imagination…
Here is an example of fact mixed with fiction, proof mixed with exaggerations… (The further you go Into the article, the more complicated and extra ordinary the relationships become)
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/16137/spacex-is-about-to-launch-a-mysterious-northrop-grumman-spacecraft-called-zuma