Northrop Grumman started developing the new motor in response to a U.S. Navy request for an upper-stage rocket for an “extended-range, hypersonic capability.”
The contract for the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) Recapitalization program calls for Northrop to deliver the first three engineering and manufacturing aircraft.
A decade’s worth of investment to counter the latest Russian and Chinese threats is finally close to entering operational service across the U.S. fighter fleet.
The service on Dec. 2 released images of an F-16 from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida, releasing the weapon over the Gulf of Mexico.
A lawsuit from Raytheon seeks to overturn a decision by the MDA to select Northrop Grumman as the sole bidder for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program.
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first test Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) to the U.S. Air Force, just more than one year after receiving the contract.
Raytheon’s complaint against the MDA was also filed Nov. 6, but the document is sealed by the court because it includes classified and proprietary information.
Top Navy officials remain confident in the affordability and design requirements for the F/A-XX as Air Force leaders consider their own next-generation fighter.
America’s defense industrial base is straining to meet rising demand for weapons systems driven by a worsening threat environment from Europe to the Indo-Pacific.
