Northrop Grumman

By Steve Trimble
The selection by MDA eliminates Leidos and Raytheon from the competition to demonstrate the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman helped lead a seed-round venture capital investment in Philadelphia-based Deepwave Digital, and the companies are looking to integrate Deepwave’s edge-compute, artificial intelligence (AI) technology into an “array” of sensor systems to improve capabilities and longevity.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman announced late Dec. 7 that it will sell its federal information technology and mission support services business to private equity investor Veritas Capital for $3.4 billion.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bradley Perrett, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne
A Japanese minister charged with improving efficiency will hold a public review of the F-X program for a new Japanese fighter on Nov. 14.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The scrub of Northrop Grumman’s 14th NASA contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was logged at 2 min. 40 sec. prior to a planned liftoff on Oct. 1 at 9:43 p.m., EDT.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 billion contract to replace the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The combined 40-ft.-plus structure includes the Blue Origin lander and the Lockheed Martin ascent module that is expected to house NASA’s Artemis astronaut crews during their initial, weeklong lunar sorties.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Liftoff was scrubbed due to an out-of-limit sensor indication associated with the Ariane 5's first-stage liquid hydrogen propellant tank.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Northrop Grumman B-21 is at least 18 months from a first flight milestone, but the stealth bomber’s “flight-ready hardware” already is
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has kicked off the integration phase of the Skyborg unmanned air system (UAS) program, with several contract awards worth up to
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
It is unlikely the heavy-lift launch market can support more than two U.S. launch providers in the long term, according to a long-awaited report the U
Space

By Steve Trimble
The design of the Northrop Grumman B-21’s trailing edge has led to speculation about a high-altitude role for the secretive stealth bomber, and new U.S. Air Force statements appear to confirm that analysis.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
A third attempt to lift off is scheduled for Feb. 15 at 3:21 p.m. EST.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2021 budget submission shows plans to integrate Northrop Grumman APG-83 AESA radars on 330 more F-16s.
Defense

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A new rendering of the Northrop Grumman B-21A released by the U.S. Air Force Jan. 31 offers a fresh perspective on the overall size and features of the highly secretive stealth bomber.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. defense research agency awarded Northrop a $13 million, one-year contract under the Glide Breaker program.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army is grappling with a $34 million reduction to its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype effort.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force intends to cancel Raytheon’s contract for a next-generation, three-dimensional, long-range radar.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Publicly traded shares of aerospace and defense companies around most of the Western world ended 2019 about 34% above where they began a year ago, and 6% better off than major stock market indices, Wall Street analysts said in year-end reports.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
For its next fighter Japan should choose an adaptation of the F-22 with a larger wing and avionics from the F-35, the U.S. Mitchell Institute argues.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japan’s defense ministry has proposed to start working with a foreign partner on the country’s Next Generation Fighter.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Boeing and NASA were working to preserve as many test objectives as possible for the unmanned orbital debut of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner after a timer issue scuttled the capsule’s engine firing needed to reach the ISS.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The second of five RQ-4Ds destined for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has been delivered to Italy.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Private equity-backed Shimtech Industries has purchased Fastener Technology Corp.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
House appropriators have agreed to partially reverse a proposed 50% cut to the USAF's requested fiscal 2020 budget for the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Defense