Stealthy Model 437 Loyal Wingman 'Drone' With A Cockpit Has Flown For The First Time
The first publicly known example of the Model 437 emerged earlier this month with a notable design change.
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“With regards to the new Model 437 design, it is also expected to have a range of some 3,000 nautical miles when carrying a load of 4,000 pounds of fuel, and will be able to cruise at around 0.8 Mach, according to Aviation Week. The drone has an internal centerline payload bay that is designed to carry up to 1,000 pounds of stores or other systems, as well. The outlet said that a pair of AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) or a side-looking radar imaging sensor were two possible loadouts.“Stealthy Model 437 Loyal Wingman 'Drone' With A Cockpit Has Flown For The First Time
The first publicly known example of the Model 437 emerged earlier this month with a notable design change.
Everything We Just Learned About The Model 437 Vanguard Technology Demonstrator Jet
Senior Northrop Grumman official talks digital engineering, advanced manufacturing, and more in an exclusive interview on the Model 437.
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Air Force awards Outpost development contract for a scalable earth return vehicle
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2024 - Outpost Technologies Corporation (Outpost), a leader in multi-ton Earth return systems aimed at advancing the space economy, has been awarded a $33.2 million, four-year Strategic Funding Increase (S
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Space Force vice wants sats to track aircraft by early 2030s - Breaking Defense
One of the key challenges for tracking enemy aircraft from space is that airplanes and drones move much faster than tanks, trucks and ships; confounded by the fact that satellites themselves also move around the Earth extremely fast.
Aerial Refueling Boom Pods That Could Go On F-15s In The Works
New boom refueling pods could turn combat jets or even drones into small tankers to help meet USAF demands, especially in a Pacific fight.
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Northrop Grumman Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite Cleared for Flight Testing
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. – Sept. 4, 2024 – Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) has completed U.S. Air Force testing in the service’s Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic...
New F-16 Electronic Warfare System Enters Flight Test
The F-16's new electronic warfare system, the IVEWS made by Northrop Grumman, has begun flight testing, the company said.
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SR-72 speculation:
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The Debrief: Our Best Guess About Skunk Works’ Biggest Secret | Aviation Week Network
A Lockheed Martin classified contract that involves a “highly complex design and systems integration” project has fallen $45 million deeper into red ink.
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Raytheon: AMRAAM, JATM ‘Complementary’ in Future Force Mix
The Air Force should use the JATM dogfight missile as a complement to the AMRAAM, a Raytheon executive said.
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New CCA Fighter Drones Will Be on Display at AFA Conference
The Air Force will display full-scale models of Collaborative Combat Aircraft competitors at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber conference Sept. 16-18.
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F/A-18 Super Hornet Appears With Unprecedented Heavy Air-To-Air Missile Load
This is the first time we have seen four AIM-174B very long-range air-to-air missiles on a Super Hornet, along with pods and other missiles.
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Anduril Unveils New Low-Cost ‘Barracuda’ Cruise Missiles
Anduril Industries has introduced the "Barracuda" family of cruise missiles, meant to be cheap and easily produced.
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Anduril Introduces Barracuda-M That Aims To Disrupt The Cruise Missile Market
Anduril's Barracuda missiles are designed to be incredibly modular, relatively cheap and easy to make, and capable of performing missions beyond strikes.
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L3 Technologies awarded $587 million contract for next stage of new Growler jammer | Shephard
The Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB) is part of a larger NGJ system that will augment and ultimately replace the legacy ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System on the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.
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After 50 years, the F100 is going hypersonic
It’s sleek and shimmering, gliding through sun-tinted clouds. It’s moving at nearly four times the speed of sound – faster than the famous SR-71 Blackbird, which set the airspeed record some 50 years ago.Its name is Quarterhorse, its mission is to be the world’s first high-Mach autonomous...
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