US Air Force Selects Northrop Grumman as Partner on Long-Range Strike Bomber

The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to deliver the nation’s new Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). This selection continues the company’s 35-year partnership with the Air Force in providing the world’s most advanced long-range strike systems. „The Air Force has made the right decision for our nation’s security,” said Wes Bush, chairman, … Dowiedz się więcej

U.S. Air Force Receives Two Additional MC-130Js

U.S. Air Force crews recently ferried two MC-130J Commando II aircraft from the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) facility here. Both aircraft are assigned to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). One will be operated from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and the other from RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. The Commando II supports such missions … Dowiedz się więcej

Boeing and Lockheed Martin Statement on U.S. Air Force Long Range Strike-Bomber Decision

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today (27.10) released the following statement on the U.S. Air Force’s decision to award Northrop Grumman the Long Range Strike-Bomber contract: The Boeing and Lockheed Martin team is disappointed by today’s announcement. We will have further discussions with our customer before determining our next steps. We are … Dowiedz się więcej

F-16V Takes Flight

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully completed the maiden flight of the F-16V, the latest and most advanced F-16 on the market today. The October 16 flight marks the first time an F-16 has flown with Northrop Grumman’s advanced APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), which will deliver a quantum leap … Dowiedz się więcej

F-35C: DT-II Complete

The F-35 Lightning II Integrated Test Force at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, completed the second F-35C Developmental Test, or DT-II, program on 10 October, six days early. The DT-II testing was conducted aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) from 2-10 October and featured sixty-six catapults and arrestments across seventeen flights. Pilots logged 26.5 flight hours … Dowiedz się więcej