Northrop Grumman

Six years have passed since Northrop Grumman won an opportunity to upgrade the system on the U.S. Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s.

The U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22 that it has designated the Northrop Grumman Project Talon uncrewed aircraft prototype the YFQ-48A.

Rocket Lab is making its missile defense development debut as the SDA awarded the company one of four contracts for the next phase of its Tracking Layer

Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 18 it had test-fired a prototype of a new solid rocket motor for the U.S. Navy.

Northrop is supplying an extra, classified payload to be integrated onto the U.S. Space Force’s next-generation overhead persistent infrared polar-based sats.

The ability to refuel satellites in orbit will be crucial to future U.S. military space operations, but the Pentagon needs more testbeds.

The Pentagon says there is a commitment to deliver a new U.S. Navy fighter even as the F/A-XX source selection process remains stalled and industrial base capacity is uncertain.

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Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites on Dec. 3 unveiled Project Talon, the company’s latest design of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

All eight of the International Space Station’s docking and berthing ports have parked crew and resupply spacecraft—a first.

NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman two additional Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) missions to the International Space Station.

Northrop Grumman’s initial Cygnus XL resupply capsule for the International Space Station has been temporarily unberthed from the orbital lab’s U.S. segment.

The long-duopolistic solid rocket motor market dominated by Northrop Grumman and Aerojet Rocketdyne is transforming into a competitive multiplayer industry.

ISR capabilities may be the deciding factor in a future decision over whether to increase the size of the Northrop Grumman B-21 fleet beyond 100 aircraft.

John Greene has been appointed corporate vice president and CFO of Northrop Grumman, effective Jan. 7, 2026.

The B-21’s cockpit technology raises new questions about how to staff the flight deck in an era of increasing levels of automation.

The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has recommended the placement of a weapon systems officer in the cockpit of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider.

Luminary Cloud partnered with Northrop Grumman to accelerate the design and development of rocket nozzles and thrusters for spacecraft from years to months.

Northrop Grumman has secretly built a large new uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), dubbed Project Lotus.

The American startup Phoenix Tailings has launched a rare earths metallization facility in Exeter, New Hampshire.

The latter part of 2025 is set to be a key time for the U.S. Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 program.

The U.S. government shutdown may not have kicked off until the end of Q3, but its effects will be a common thread in upcoming defense earnings discussions.

JAXA, Sierra Space and The Exploration Co. hope their craft will join the fleet of station cargo ships.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has confirmed it has been selected to develop a conceptual design of Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the U.S. Navy.

Scaled Composites says following an initial envelope expansion flight on Sept. 20, further flight tests of its Model 437 Vanguard are “coming up soon” to prepare it for work as an autonomous testbed.