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Northrop Grumman’s sales rose 6% annually to $9.3 billion in this year’s first quarter.

Boeing is sticking with its full-year and long-term guidance for narrowbody production and corporate financials but warns the ride will be bumpy.

As the Pentagon rolled out its budget proposal earlier this spring, the U.S. Air Force was circulating its own legislative proposal to other services.

The first two Joby aircraft are expected to be delivered to Edwards AFB, California, by early 2024.

The U.S. Air Force needs to develop resilient space-based data transport, missile warning, tactical surveillance and navigation that can survive attack.

President Joe Biden has chosen a new uniformed leader for the U.S. Army.

Despite its global sales success, the F-35 entered service five years late and cost billions more than expected to develop and acquire.

Northrop Grumman has partnered with JetZero in its bid to develop a full-scale blended-wing-body demonstrator as a tanker-transport for the U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Air Force future tanker interest and commercial midmarket demand combine to provide a long-awaited potential launch window for a blended wing body concept.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The U.S. Air Force is moving funding around and requesting more in fiscal 2024 to upgrade the two existing Boeing VC-25As that fly the Air Force One mission.

The Defense Department Comptroller recently posted a series of multiyear procurement estimates on its fiscal 2024 budget information website.

Lisa Atherton, Bell’s chief operating officer, has been named the rotorcraft company’s next CEO.

The worst-performing space acquisition programs are all software-intensive command and control.

The MRO industry is clamoring for military veteran talent, but obstacles for transitioning service members are hindering progress.

The U.S. Air Force wants to issue a contract in 2026 for a next-generation re-entry vehicle for its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.

The U.S. Air Force is planning the largest transatlantic crossing of combat aircraft since the lead-up to the 1990-1991 Gulf War this summer.

Faulty parts installed during maintenance have grounded multiple military fleets, raising supply chain concerns.

The U.S. Navy and Air Force are close to an agreement to share control of the uncrewed systems the two services want to fly alongside future fighters.

The unprofitable, classified program at the company’s Missiles and Fire Control division appears set to enter production soon.

The F-35’s Joint Program Office relies on the oldest F-35s to conduct tests for the most modern upgrades for the fleet.

The U.S. Space Development Agency is poised to test its small-satellite constellation.

The U.S. Air Force wants to cancel an electronic-warfare upgrade for its F-16 fleet to prioritize next-generation aircraft.

The U.S. Space Force wants to continue investments in tactically responsive space.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for proposals for a portable electrolysis system to generate hydrogen in austere conditions.