Northrop Grumman

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

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

By Robert Wall
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.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
JAXA, Sierra Space and The Exploration Co. hope their craft will join the fleet of station cargo ships.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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

By Guy Norris
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.
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Firefly Aerospace will pay $855 million to acquire defense technology company SciTec, the Texas-based startup said on Oct 5.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s next neighborhood watchdog spacecraft could be the first operational system capable of on-orbit refueling.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
New analysis focuses on the cost of developing clean-sheet, low-signature refuelers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The second B-21 flight test aircraft has already flown a second time since its delivery sortie to the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Firefly Aerospace is looking at potential ways to secure a share of the space-based interceptor market emerging from the Pentagon’s Golden Dome effort.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Advanced Hawkeyes are picking up battle management slack from the dwindling number of E-3s, now that the U.S. Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail plans are in flux.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
Northrop Grumman and Taiwan’s NCSIST have agreed to explore collaboration on air and missile defense modernization for the country's National Defense Ministry.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The resupply capsule’s delayed rendezvous was due to the premature cutoff of the third and fifth post-launch orbital altitude raising maneuvers early Sept. 16.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman’s new testbed with its company-developed autonomy software is set to fly imminently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA and Northrop Grumman are revising the flight plan for the Cygnus XL cargo ship to rendezvous with International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sept. 14 to send Northrup Grumman’s first upgraded Cygnus XL cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Space Development Agency’s inaugural batch of tactical data communications satellites Sept. 10.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
NASA has released a draft of a newly revamped solicitation for commercial partners to develop a human outpost to succeed the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Navy aviation forces await the downselect for the sixth-generation fighter, citing the need for future air superiority and sea control.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A new rendering of Boeing’s proposed F/A-XX design provided to Aviation Week indicates the company may be incorporating parts of its design for the U.S. Air Force’s F-47.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force plans to buy the Northrop Grumman APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) to replace and upgrade the existing sensor in certain C-130s.
Multi-Mission Aircraft