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Northrop Grumman Backs Firefly’s Eclipse Medium-Lift Rocket with $50 Million Injection

Northrop Grumman has invested $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to accelerate Eclipse™, a medium-lift launcher co-developed with Antares and Alpha heritage that delivers up to 16 metric tons to orbit. Built in Texas and Arizona using scaled-up Alpha propulsion and composite structures, Eclipse aims to boost payload capacity and production cadence.

2025-05-29T09:42:41.849432-07:00

Aviation Week

Northrop Grumman Foresees Reduced NASA Work Under Trump Budget Cuts

2025-05-28T15:26:45.327445-07:00

Breaking Defense

Boeing Secures NGAD F-47 Fighter Contract Amidst Industry Competition

2025-03-21T08:33:41.196178-07:00

Reuters

RTX Q1 2025: Strong Aviation Demand Offsets Defense Weakness Amid Tariff Pressures

2025-04-22T04:32:16.471427-07:00

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The Aviationist

Rare Sighting: USAF RAT55 NT-43A Radar Test Aircraft Photographed with B-2 Spirit Over Death Valley Photographer Julian Elnasser captured images earlier this year of the USAF’s secretive RAT55 NT-43A, a modified Boeing 737 radar testbed, flying alongside a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber over Death Valley. The sighting provides one of the few public glimpses into in-flight stealth signature evaluation operations.

2025-05-30T05:14:24.897159-07:00

Rare Sighting: USAF RAT55 NT-43A Radar Test Aircraft Photographed with B-2 Spirit Over Death Valley

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Northrop Grumman Backs Firefly’s Eclipse Medium-Lift Rocket with $50 Million Injection Northrop Grumman has invested $50 million in Firefly Aerospace to accelerate Eclipse™, a medium-lift launcher co-developed with Antares and Alpha heritage that delivers up to 16 metric tons to orbit. Built in Texas and Arizona using scaled-up Alpha propulsion and composite structures, Eclipse aims to boost payload capacity and production cadence.

2025-05-29T09:42:41.849432-07:00

Northrop Grumman Backs Firefly’s Eclipse Medium-Lift Rocket with $50 Million Injection

Aviation Week

Northrop Grumman Foresees Reduced NASA Work Under Trump Budget Cuts Northrop Grumman expects its NASA-related work to shrink in the next fiscal year as the Trump administration’s fiscal proposal slashes agency funding, a move that could dent the contractor’s space portfolio revenue and force strategic shifts across its defense and civil space collaborations.

2025-05-28T15:26:45.327445-07:00

Northrop Grumman Foresees Reduced NASA Work Under Trump Budget Cuts

Aviation Week

Northrop Grumman Presses USAF to Expedite B-21 Raider Production Northrop Grumman is urging the U.S. Air Force to boost both the production pace and total procurement of B-21 Raider stealth bombers. The request comes as the program moves from prototyping into low-rate initial production, with Northrop pressing for an expanded buy to sustain bomber force readiness.

2025-05-28T13:55:58.099149-07:00

Northrop Grumman Presses USAF to Expedite B-21 Raider Production

euro-sd.com

Serco’s Defence Arm Becomes Largest After $327 Million Acquisition of Northrop Grumman MT&S Unit Serco Inc. has finalised its $327 million purchase of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Training and Services (MT&S) business, integrating satellite ground network operations and training capabilities. The transaction, announced May 27, expands Serco’s defence portfolio, making it the company’s largest sector by revenue and scale.

2025-05-27T08:32:27.160912-07:00

Serco’s Defence Arm Becomes Largest After $327 Million Acquisition of Northrop Grumman MT&S Unit

Air & Space Forces Mag

USAF Eyes Additional B-21 Raiders as Backup for B-52J Upgrade Risks Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin told Congress the Air Force could increase its B-21 Raider buy if technical or schedule issues plague the multi-year B-52J re-engining and modernization effort. The move highlights growing reliance on the next-generation stealth bomber to sustain bomber force readiness.

2025-05-21T14:42:14.540606-07:00

USAF Eyes Additional B-21 Raiders as Backup for B-52J Upgrade Risks

The Aviationist

USAF’s 412th Test Wing Chief on B-21 and F-47 Testing, AI Agents and YF-23 Brig. Gen. Anthony Wickert, commander of the USAF’s 412th Test Wing, detailed progress from initial flight tests of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber and exploratory F-47 program to deploying AI agents for test planning, and reflected on lessons from the YF-23 prototype in his recent TALK4 Podcast interview.

2025-05-18T08:13:02.223429-07:00

USAF’s 412th Test Wing Chief on B-21 and F-47 Testing, AI Agents and YF-23

South China Morning Post

China’s J-36 Stealth Fighter Seen as Counter to B-21 in Taiwan Contingency A military magazine tied to a state shipbuilder warns China’s sixth-generation J-36 stealth fighter could enforce a 1,000 km denial zone from its coastline, potentially blunting the strike advantages of US B-21 stealth bombers in a Taiwan conflict scenario.

2025-05-05T03:14:50.541698-07:00

China’s J-36 Stealth Fighter Seen as Counter to B-21 in Taiwan Contingency

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