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Military Aviation News July 7, 2025

Taiwan Bids Farewell to F-5F and RF-5E Fighter Jets

Aviation News – July 7, 2025 – Taiwan’s Air Force has officially retired its aging fleet of F-5F and RF-5E aircraft, marking the end of…

General Aviation News May 6, 2025

Northrop Grumman Navigation Technology Completes Hypersonic Test Flights

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed two test flights of its Advanced Hypersonic Technology Inertial Measurement Unit at hypersonic speed, leveraging Stratolaunch’s reusable hypersonic airplane, Talon-A….

General Aviation News June 27, 2023

Northrop Grumman’s New Airborne Navigation System Achieves Successful Flight Test

Northrop Grumman Corporation has conducted a successful flight test of its advanced airborne navigation solution, Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) / Inertial Navigation System (INS)…

Military Aviation News August 6, 2021

Northrop Grumman to Provide US Air Force with Countermeasure Flares

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will provide the U.S. Air Force with its high-performance MJU-73/B and MJU-62A/B infrared countermeasure flares. The company’s next-generation countermeasures will…

Military Aviation News, Space News June 14, 2021

Northrop Grumman Successfully Launches Pegasus XL Rocket for the US Space Force

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the U.S. Space Force (USSF), using the company’s Pegasus…

Military Aviation News May 24, 2021

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes Successful Fit Check aboard USS Anchorage

A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter program, passes the initial fit check aboard the USS…

Military Aviation News January 26, 2021

Northrop Grumman Awarded $3.6 Billion ID/IQ Battlefield Airborne Communications Node Contract

Provides continued operations, sustainment and support through 2026 The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a $3.6 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for continued…

Military Aviation News January 12, 2021

Northrop Grumman to Enable New F-35 Warfighting Capability

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has received a contract award from Lockheed Martin Corporation to enable new functionality to protect the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning…

Military Aviation News December 21, 2020

Northrop Grumman Completes First Flight of Global Hawk Ground Station Modernization Program

Modernization will deliver greater capability to the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of advanced high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) autonomous systems Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed…

Space News October 5, 2020

Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus Spacecraft Berths with International Space Station

The S.S. Kalpana Chawla will remain docked to the International Space Station for approximately three months Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Cygnus spacecraft was successfully…

General Aviation News July 14, 2020

Northrop Grumman’s Firebird Completes Successful Multi-Day Capability Demonstration Flights

Multi-mission demonstration, including single day integration of new sensor, showcased the power of Firebird’s open architecture Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) recently completed a series…

Space News June 23, 2020

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract from SES for Two C-band Satellites

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected by SES to build two C-band satellites that will operate in the upper portion of the spectrum….