Northrop Grumman envisions UAV future now
by Larry Grooms, special to Aerotech News PALMDALE, Calif.—Twenty-eight years after introducing Global Hawk to the world, executives of Northrop...
By Larry Grooms • September 18, 2021 1:48 pm
Northrop Grumman’s LEO satellite to revolutionize positioning, navigation and timing
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Blackjack program for Phase 2 development…
By Aerotech News • September 18, 2021 10:52 am
U.S. does not give up on finding missing service members around the...
There are thousands of American service personnel missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold…
By David Vergun • September 18, 2021 10:08 am
AIAA hosts an evening with Stratolaunch
by Cathy Hansen, special to Aerotech News A remarkable and exciting presentation was streamed via Zoom on Aug. 31, 2021,…
By Cathy Hansen • September 18, 2021 9:34 am
DOD identifies most remains of those killed on USS Oklahoma
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified most of those killed on the USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl…
By David Vergun • September 18, 2021 7:35 am
F-4C 63-7519: Honoring the heritage of George AFB
by Bob Alvis, special to Aerotech News There was once a public service announcement that ran on television many years…
By Bob Alvis • September 17, 2021 6:34 pm
Lockheed Martin enters U.S. Air Force tanker competition
The expected rematch between Boeing and Airbus for U.S. Air Force tankers, has now become a three-way competition. On Sept….
By Aerotech News • September 17, 2021 3:55 pm
NASA’s all-electric X-57 Maxwell concludes high-voltage testing
By Sarah Mann • August 6, 2021 6:18 pm
Joint Chiefs chairman: What will it take to remain world’s preeminent fighting...
By David Vergun • August 4, 2021 3:08 pm
Headlines — September 17
News Navy begins deep-sea sonar scans to find helicopter wreckage, crew remains- A Navy undersea search and salvage operation began…
By Aerotech News • September 17, 2021 7:18 pm
Contract Briefs
U.S. Army Goodwill Industries of South Florida, Miami, Fla., was awarded a $242,609,868 firm-fixed-price contract for support services for product…
By Aerotech News • September 17, 2021 1:12 pm
NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Transport beginning to resemble actual aircraft
A heavy chorus of bolting and machinery filled the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, assembly building as engineers, system…
By Sasha Ellis and Evan Flatt • August 7, 2021 2:28 pm
Newest X-Plane is Edwards’ NF-16D VISTA, now called X-62A
The NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) has been redesignated as the X-62A, effective June 14, 2021. The VISTA, which…
By Giancarlo Casem • August 2, 2021 3:34 pm
XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 prepares for transfer to Air Force Museum
Air Force Research Laboratory engineers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, have prepared the XQ-58A Valkyrie Tail #1 to be transferred…
By Rachel Simones • August 1, 2021 5:29 am
