On 20 August, B-2’s manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, hosted an event to mark the legendary stealth bomber’s 30th anniversary of its first flight at an event at Plant 42, according to 412th Test Wing Public Affairs Thirty years ago, on July 17, 1989, an oddly-shaped and dark-colored new plane took to the …
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The Air Force recently broke the record for the highest thrust-producing air-breathing hypersonic engine the service has ever tested in its history. Northrop Grumman built the scramjet engine for the Air Force Research Laboratory and its development comes amid a general renaissance in all things hyper-sonic across the U.S. military. …
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According to Popular Mechanics Article published on Jul 10, 2018, Now Northrop Grumman Wants to Build Japan’s New Fighter Jet U.S. defense giant Northrop Grumman says it is “very interested” in Japan’s F-3 program to build the nation a new fighter jet, setting up Northrop to compete against Lockheed Martin. Such a …
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