Northrop Grumman

By Tony Osborne
Yemen’s Houthi movement has restored a Northrop F-5 Tiger combat aircraft to flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Space Systems Command has awarded Astroscale U.S. a $25.5 million contract to deliver by 2026 a prototype spacecraft that can refuel other satellites in space.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The company is providing development work for F/A-XX.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Bill Sweetman
The U.S. plan for TacAir has many strands, providing multiple opportunities for angst—or catastrophe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio, Brian Everstine, Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman is starting tests on the next stealth bomber, while industry is floating multiple concepts for collaborative combat aircraft.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz
NASA is working with at least six companies interested in operating orbital outposts.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Out of Intelsat’s 58 geostationary satellites in orbit, about 10% are candidates for mission extension or repair.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is giving the public new peeks at its secretive B-21 Raider bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The creation of the independent council follows last year’s announcement of a strategic partnership with Northrop Grumman.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
GEOST says its Starlite protective system will be integrated into the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Energy Department’s advanced project agency launches aircraft contrail avoidance and high-energy battery projects.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA officials have acknowledged the evolving Space Launch System rocket is unaffordable at current cost levels.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Predicting contrail cirrus; Autonomy proving ground; eVTOL river crossing; Electric regional seaplane.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are vying for the NGAD program while the three military services are teaming on uncrewed aircraft development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service is undertaking a series of new munitions programs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
LeoStella and Hera Systems have formed a strategic manufacturing partnership and put forward a proposal for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman see schedule delays for ICBM replacement as a massive military construction effort takes shape.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s secretive next-generation fighter program has completed concept refinement and has moved into a design maturation phase.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The capital investments by Boeing are supporting the company's "future franchise" programs, which possibly include the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Two U.S. aerospace industry teams have been awarded NASA contracts to study technology for sustainable high-speed airliner designs capable of Mach 2-plus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Umbra wins a contract to study how its advanced space radar technologies could be used in the USAF shift to space for its moving-target indication mission.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have been contracted to deliver T2TL Beta satellite variants for the Space Development Agency.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian Defense Department will spend more than $2 billion on Tomahawk, AARGM-ER, Spike, additional HIMARS and PrSM to boost its missile capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons