Northrop Grumman

By Brian Everstine
A long-standing provision in the U.S. code to block investments in retiring weapon systems may negatively impact the ground leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin’s team has passed another milestone in a competitive design process with Northrop Grumman for the MDA's Next Generation Interceptor program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman plans to lay off up to 1,000 employees at its Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A decades-old ambition to make multiday, ultralong-endurance flight a reality is quietly solidifying within the U.S. military after a series of failures and false starts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The tenure of Frank Calvelli as the Department of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition boss has been defined by a few key tenets.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
AIDC said the ROCAF has six E-2Ks, although one was reportedly written off following a belly landing in 2022. Taiwan is also seeking to acquire six new E-2Ds.
Singapore Airshow

By Steve Trimble
Collaboration defines the operational role of a new class of autonomous combat systems as well a new model for foreign industry partners.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The members of the North Atlantic Council have jointly agreed to a report by national armament directors from NATO countries.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The service will select two companies to begin building CCAs, though with a cost-sharing agreement to bring along a third.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Byron Callan
Politics, historical context and the workings of the U.S. defense industrial complex are among the reasons.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
A lighter-weight replacement is coming for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator as the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider moves moves through flight testing.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The downselect will reduce the five bidders for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft to two or three, depending on funding.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
DARPA grants under the umbrella of REMA have been awarded to Anduril, RTX, Leidos, Northrop Grumman and SoarTech.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Round the world on hydrogen; first-responder VTOL competition; stop-fold tiltrotor; another Chinese eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Brian Everstine
With USAF and NATO orders on the books, Boeing and Northrop Grumman seek additional customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service, blocked from starting new acquisition programs, used a long-standing autonomy demonstration effort to begin CCA work.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cygnus resupply mission capsule successfully berthed to the International Space Station early Feb. 1.
Space

By Brian Everstine
New office outlines plans for future servicing, mobility and logistics.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) in late January passed its preliminary design review (PDR) on an accelerated schedule.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station on Jan. 30.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Recenty comments by industry officials will not change the SDA’s strategy to avoid cost-plus development deals for the Tracking and Transport layers.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to start development of a refueling space tanker.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman's estimates show that B-21 production costs through fiscal 2027 totals $17.4 billion, including a $1.56 billion charge revealed on Jan. 25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The B-21 program will lose $1.56 billion combined on all bombers delivered during the first five annual lots of production, Northrop Grumman has revealed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Congressional leaders are planning to increase oversight of the U.S. Air Force’s massive intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program.
Missile Defense & Weapons