DefenseNorthrop Grumman’s YFQ-48A Talon Blue makes first autonomous flightCompany-funded combat drone is outside the Air Force’s initial CCA production contracts but remains positioned for future competitionsOctober 03, 2026Read more
DefenseThe Model 437 Vanguard stealth jet completed its maiden flight on August 29.The aircraft was developed by Scaled Composites, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, and is expected to be an unmanned CCA with the capacity to carry weapons in an internal compartmentAugust 30, 2024Read more
TechnologyStratolaunch "Roc" close to flying againAircraft with the largest wingspan in the world completed two years since its only flightApril 17, 2021Read more
HistoryTAA-1, the Toyota's mysterious airplaneLargest carmaker in the world had a little explained incursion into aviation in the early 2000sAugust 23, 2020Read more
HistoryBeech Starship, the visionary aircraft that made history as one of aviation's biggest failuresFuturistic Beechcraft turboprop should have replaced the King Air, but only 53 planes were produced and most were destroyed by the company itselfMarch 28, 2020Read more
SpaceFounded by Steve G. Allen, Stratolaunch has mysterious new ownerCompany that built one of the largest aircraft in history was struggling financially, but announcement revealed details of the dealOctober 19, 2019Read more