The B-21 bomber pairs cutting edge tech with a throwback aircraft design. It is based on a visionary aircraft design that dates back to World War II. That aircraft, the YB-49, minimized drag but ...
The Northrop B-2 lacks a tail because it emphasizes stealth over maneuverability and is designed for deep penetration strikes ...
The US Air Force (USAF) has approved low-rate production of the service’s next-generation stealth bomber. The milestone comes just days after the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider completed its second ...
Northrop Grumman is confirming it has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing the company has been developing under a secretive US military project. The Virginia-based aerospace ...
Nov 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the next step in rolling out a new fleet of long-range nuclear-capable stealth ...
John Knudsen Northrop, 45, has designed such crack planes as the Lockheed Vega, the Army’s A17, but it became evident last week that a big part of his heart and head was really in something very ...
The U.S. Dept of Defense issued a five-year contract worth up to $7 billion to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. for modernization and sustainment activities for the B-2 ...
The flying wing concept was decades ahead of its time, combining innovative design with promises of greater speed, range, and efficiency. But what went wrong? This video dives into Jack Northrop’s ...
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