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Apr 30, 2015
Our roundup of some of this week’s top stories in aerospace and defense.
Apr 30, 2015
Blue Origin sent its New Shepard suborbital human spacecraft to an altitude of 307,000 ft. over West Texas, with a “perfect” first developmental flight of the crew capsule but loss of the reusable cryogenic booster to a hydraulic-system failure.
Apr 30, 2015
Carter unveils plans and delivers observations that could weigh on defense company strategies and how those businesses are valued.
Apr 30, 2015
Boeing and Lockheed Martin together have been lead integrators for 95% of the Air Force’s bomber and strike aircraft.
Apr 30, 2015
Deeper dive into Air Force requirements and the competing teams’ capabilities establishes Northrop Grumman as an overwhelming favorite to produce the LRS-B.
Apr 30, 2015
A look inside how Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy autonomously refueled an unmanned aircraft in flight, and what it could mean for aviation
Apr 30, 2015
U.S. Navy faces a choice between reducing risk and reducing competition for the Uclass carrier-based unmanned aircraft if it keeps X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators flying.
Apr 30, 2015
We look back over the history-making career of the U.S. Navy's Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat aircraft demonstrators.