Northrop news
Here we gather what the specialist press publishes about Northrop: 97 stories collected since July 6, 2026, newest first and always linking to the outlet that published them. The list updates itself as new pieces come in. The recurring topics are Civil aviation, Military aviation, Space.
September 22, 2026
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Northrop Grumman announced a strategic collaboration with Camgian to explore harnessing its advanced Reactor AI platform to enhance command and fire control capabilities for U.S. and allied forces…
Operating from RAAF Bases Tindal and Edinburgh and supported by Northrop Grumman Australia, the MQ-4C Triton fleet is now contributing to Australia’s long-range surveillance capability.
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September 21, 2026
The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical…
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Northrop Grumman GHOST-R. The post Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly selected by the Space Force for the GHOST-R satellite program first appeared on Fly News.
Northrop Grumman has been selected to supply a commercial prototype for the Geosynchronous High-resolution Optical Space Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) mission of the…
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September 20, 2026
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Northrop Grumman Wins U.S. Space Force Prototype Contract for GHOST-R Space Domain Awareness Mission
On Sept. 20, 2026, defense prime contractor Northrop Grumman secured a award from the U.S. Space Force to design and construct a prototype satellite for the Geosynchronous Space Situational…
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September 18, 2026
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The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical…
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Moving target indication (MTI) from space has been a reconnaissance dream for decades–and a challenging one to achieve. Witness the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Discoverer II effort with…
The Chilean Air Force (FACh) marked this week 50 years since the arrival of the Northrop F-5 in the country. The ceremony was held at El Bosque Air Base in Santiago and brought together members…
Northrop Grumman reports it has recently completed an aeroballistic test for a new 50mm projectile for Raid Hunter™, its Gun-Based Air Defence (GBAD) system, validating The post Northrop Grumman…
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September 17, 2026
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“We are taking this opportunity to work with partners we have not worked with before, show them the products we have, and define what our path is to gaining share on those weapons,” CEO Kathy Warden…
On Tuesday 15 September, the Chilean Air Force (FACh) held the commemorative ceremony for 50 years of operations of the F-5E/F weapons system. The event took place at Air Base El…
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This article was originally published on idrw.org. India’s LCA programme was still getting off the ground in the 1980s when the US and Northrop... Read the full article on idrw.org: When the US…
On 15 September, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) lost contact with its Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk strategic reconnaissance drone during a flight off the…
The Chilean Air Force (FACH) marked, on Tuesday the 15th, 50 years of operating the Northrop F-5 fighters, in a ceremony held at El Bosque Air Base, near Santiago. The event brought together…
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September 16, 2026
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Separately, the Space Force plans to issue the first operational contracts for space domain awareness to commercial firms “very soon,” according to Space Force Col. Timothy Tremailo.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has broached the idea of providing the Northrop Grumman [NOC] active electronically scanned array AN/APG-83 radar for the […]
The Chilean Air Force (FACh) presented for the first time a Northrop Grumman F-5E Tiger III fighter fitted with fifth-generation Python V air-to-air missiles from Israeli firm Rafael Advanced…
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September 15, 2026
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The Tigershark In 1975, Northrop began development on the F-20 Tigershark, a fighter plane designed to be reliable, easy to fly and inexpensive to maintain. Northrop didn’t accept any funds from the…
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The ground support segment for the future LGM-35A intercontinental ballistic missile by Northrop Grumman [NOC] “has really turned the corner,” U.S. Air Force Gen. Dale White…
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The USAF and Northrop Grumman completed the vertical integration of an inert LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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The director of Planning and Doctrine of the Chilean Air Force (FACh), Air Brigadier General Milton Zablah, confirmed that the Northrop Grumman F-5E/F Tiger III fleet will be retired from…
The addition of magnetic navigation via quantum sensors allows Lumberjack to detect minimal variations in the Earth's magnetic field to guide vehicles or aircraft even…
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September 14, 2026
Northrop Grumman and the USAF completed the vertical assembly of an inert missile and validated its readiness for flight testing.
Northrop Grumman and the USAF completed the vertical assembly of an inert missile and validated its readiness for flight testing.
The Air Force and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Monday said they recently completed a full assembly of the LGM-35A Sentinel future intercontinental ballistic missile in its “operational orientation,”…
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SNC will continue moving forward with its Freedom trainer offering for the Undergraduate Jet Training System program.
Poland continues negotiating with Northrop Grumman a possible acquisition of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, one of the most advanced airborne early warning and control aircraft currently in operation…
Northrop Grumman has opened a 57,000 ft² propulsion facility in Elkton, Maryland, housing 250 engineers working on advanced propulsion technologies for US and allied defence programmes. The…
Northrop Grumman collaborated with SandboxAQ to demonstrate quantum sensing magnetic navigation on Lumberjack, a Group 3 unmanned aircraft system (UAS), just one month after establishing an…
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