Featured in Northrop GrummanBYOliver ParkenMay 23, 2022ShareB-21 Raider’s First Flight Has Been Grounded Until 2023By all accounts, the B-21 remains on budget and within schedule limitations, but delays could quickly mount up as it begins flight testing. BYOliver ParkenMay 23, 2022ShareBYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareNavy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair IIThe story of how a major modification of Grumman’s A-6 Intruder almost replaced the A-4 Skyhawk in the Navy’s light attack role. BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyMar 2, 2022Share608 U.S. Air Force F-16s Are Getting The Type’s Largest Combined Upgrade Package EverThe project will add a new advanced radar, communications suite, and electronic warfare system to the best of the Air Force’s fleet of aging Vipers. BYBrett TingleyMar 2, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyFeb 24, 2022ShareSpace Force Expands Its Ability To Monitor Threats In “Deep Space”The service’s new radar system is said to be more advanced than existing radar or optical-based orbital space surveillance systems. BYBrett TingleyFeb 24, 2022ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022ShareDigital Shadow Will Insert Northrop Grumman’s CRJ Testbed Aircraft Into The Virtual RealmThe highly adaptable CRJ-700 testbed jets are getting a ‘digital twin’ to allow them to virtually flight test hardware before ever taking to the sky. BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayFeb 21, 2022ShareBondo Gave The Secret Tacit Blue Demonstrator Jet Its Smooth Stealthy SkinVeteran Northrop engineer recollects his time on the top-secret Tacit Blue program, including some of its oddest quirks. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayFeb 21, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickFeb 9, 2022ShareA Sixth B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Now Being BuiltConstruction of the latest B-21 began just weeks ago and the Air Force hopes to roll out the first example this year. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 9, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareMQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat ShipsThe over-the-horizon targeting capabilities of the MQ-8C will help the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships finally achieve a robust strike capability. BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareBYBrett TingleyJan 21, 2022ShareSpace Force Just Launched Satellites Capable Of ‘Inspecting’ Enemy SatellitesTwo new satellites launched as part of Space Force’s push for more space domain awareness can get up close and personal with other objects in orbit. BYBrett TingleyJan 21, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022ShareScaled Composites Unveils New Encore High-Altitude Optionally Manned Aircraft ConceptInspired by the remarkable high-flying Proteus aircraft, the concept is being pitched for surveillance and test work but may have other applications. BYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickDec 8, 2021ShareEnlisted Pilots Operating Global Hawk Drones Could Soon Be A Thing Of The PastSince 2017, noncommissioned ranks have also operated the RQ-4 drone, but that could soon change. BYThomas NewdickDec 8, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 8, 2021ShareCheck Out This Super Grimy B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Test ArticleB-2 Spirits usually look otherworldly, but every nine years they head to their birthplace for some much-needed TLC. It turns out that this unique test airframe’s job is to look this way. BYTyler RogowayNov 8, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 1, 2021ShareSecret RQ-180 Stealthy Unmanned Spy Plane Spotted Over Area 51This was the third photographic encounter with the mysterious RQ-180 flying wing drone, leaving little doubt as to its existence. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 21, 2021ShareUnwanted Global Hawk Drones Are Being Transformed To Support Hypersonic Missile TestsNorthrop Grumman is now working to convert four RQ-4s as Range Hawks to gather data on the new breed of hypersonic weapons. BYThomas NewdickOct 21, 2021ShareBYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021ShareDARPA Reveals Successful Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flight Test Has OccurredThe announcement of the successful flight test follows months of delays for the highly classified program. BYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021Share123
BYOliver ParkenMay 23, 2022ShareB-21 Raider’s First Flight Has Been Grounded Until 2023By all accounts, the B-21 remains on budget and within schedule limitations, but delays could quickly mount up as it begins flight testing. BYOliver ParkenMay 23, 2022Share
BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022ShareNavy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair IIThe story of how a major modification of Grumman’s A-6 Intruder almost replaced the A-4 Skyhawk in the Navy’s light attack role. BYEmma HelfrichMay 9, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyMar 2, 2022Share608 U.S. Air Force F-16s Are Getting The Type’s Largest Combined Upgrade Package EverThe project will add a new advanced radar, communications suite, and electronic warfare system to the best of the Air Force’s fleet of aging Vipers. BYBrett TingleyMar 2, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyFeb 24, 2022ShareSpace Force Expands Its Ability To Monitor Threats In “Deep Space”The service’s new radar system is said to be more advanced than existing radar or optical-based orbital space surveillance systems. BYBrett TingleyFeb 24, 2022Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022ShareDigital Shadow Will Insert Northrop Grumman’s CRJ Testbed Aircraft Into The Virtual RealmThe highly adaptable CRJ-700 testbed jets are getting a ‘digital twin’ to allow them to virtually flight test hardware before ever taking to the sky. BYTyler RogowayFeb 23, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayFeb 21, 2022ShareBondo Gave The Secret Tacit Blue Demonstrator Jet Its Smooth Stealthy SkinVeteran Northrop engineer recollects his time on the top-secret Tacit Blue program, including some of its oddest quirks. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayFeb 21, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 9, 2022ShareA Sixth B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Is Now Being BuiltConstruction of the latest B-21 began just weeks ago and the Air Force hopes to roll out the first example this year. BYJoseph TrevithickFeb 9, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022ShareMQ-8C Fire Scout Is The Long-Range Eyes For Beleaguered Littoral Combat ShipsThe over-the-horizon targeting capabilities of the MQ-8C will help the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships finally achieve a robust strike capability. BYBrett TingleyJan 25, 2022Share
BYBrett TingleyJan 21, 2022ShareSpace Force Just Launched Satellites Capable Of ‘Inspecting’ Enemy SatellitesTwo new satellites launched as part of Space Force’s push for more space domain awareness can get up close and personal with other objects in orbit. BYBrett TingleyJan 21, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022ShareScaled Composites Unveils New Encore High-Altitude Optionally Manned Aircraft ConceptInspired by the remarkable high-flying Proteus aircraft, the concept is being pitched for surveillance and test work but may have other applications. BYThomas NewdickJan 6, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickDec 8, 2021ShareEnlisted Pilots Operating Global Hawk Drones Could Soon Be A Thing Of The PastSince 2017, noncommissioned ranks have also operated the RQ-4 drone, but that could soon change. BYThomas NewdickDec 8, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 8, 2021ShareCheck Out This Super Grimy B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Test ArticleB-2 Spirits usually look otherworldly, but every nine years they head to their birthplace for some much-needed TLC. It turns out that this unique test airframe’s job is to look this way. BYTyler RogowayNov 8, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 1, 2021ShareSecret RQ-180 Stealthy Unmanned Spy Plane Spotted Over Area 51This was the third photographic encounter with the mysterious RQ-180 flying wing drone, leaving little doubt as to its existence. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayNov 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 21, 2021ShareUnwanted Global Hawk Drones Are Being Transformed To Support Hypersonic Missile TestsNorthrop Grumman is now working to convert four RQ-4s as Range Hawks to gather data on the new breed of hypersonic weapons. BYThomas NewdickOct 21, 2021Share
BYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021ShareDARPA Reveals Successful Hypersonic Cruise Missile Flight Test Has OccurredThe announcement of the successful flight test follows months of delays for the highly classified program. BYBrian O'Rourke and Joseph TrevithickSep 27, 2021Share
