Northrop Grumman

By Steve Trimble
Korea Aerospace Industries has selected Northrop Grumman’s Airborne Laser Mine Detection System for a new variant of the MUH-1 Marineon helicopter.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) proposal has completed its digital all-up-round preliminary design review (PDR).
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Irene Klotz
The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.
Commercial Space

Bill Sweetman
New details reveal the heritage embedded in the new U.S. bomber design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Bill Sweetman
A microcutaway of what we think we know about features on the U.S. Air Force’s next stealth bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A market survey released by the Air Force calls for higher engine thrust than what candidates for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft have flown so far.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Northrop was one of four teams to win NASA funding for early development of commercial LEO platforms.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The image released by the 412th Test Wing shows a portion of the missile where the solid rocket motor of the booster stage connects to the exhaust section.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Congress has authorized ISS operations through 2030.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The $705 million contract for the Stand-in Attack Weapon calls for Northrop Grumman to have the new missile ready to to enter service in 2026.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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.
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