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Oct 15, 2026, 19:45 UTC
The U.S. Air Force tested an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle aboard a Minotaur I rocket in an in-flight environmental test at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Oct 12, 2026, 01:45 UTC
Twenty-one NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/-built satellites were successfully launched and deployed for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Source:Oct 9, 2026, 18:00 UTC
Nasa Corp. and its partners are conducting the KREPE-3 experiment, deploying 12 experimental capsules from a departing Cygnus cargo spacecraft to collect re-entry data on heat-shield materials.
Source:Oct 6, 2026, 16:26 UTC
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ received a $66 million order for MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft.
Source:Oct 3, 2026, 22:15 UTC
Northrop Grumman announced the first fully autonomous flight of its internally funded YFQ-48A Talon Blue Collaborative Combat Aircraft from Mojave Air and Space Port.
Oct 2, 2026, 20:47 UTC
Northrop Grumman rebranded its wideband gallium nitride technology, previously known as the Super Lattice Castellated Field Effect Transistor, as FORTITUDE, targeting RF system integration for commercial and defense markets.
Source:Oct 2, 2026, 10:45 UTC
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force began recovery operations for a U.S.-made RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drone that crashed into the sea off Tottori prefecture in mid-September.
Oct 1, 2026, 14:15 UTC
Space Systems Command awarded prototype contracts to Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly on Sept. 18 to build GHOST-R space-to-space reconnaissance satellites for geosynchronous orbit.
Source:Sep 30, 2026, 01:45 UTC
Boeing shares rose 2.25% while Northrop Grumman shares fell 3.5% in extended trading on Sept 29 after Boeing won the US Navy fighter contract.
Sep 29, 2026, 21:38 UTC
Boeing won a Pentagon contract to build the U.S. Navy's next stealth fighter jet, the F/A-XX, beating Northrop Grumman.
Sep 28, 2026, 15:00 UTC
Lithuanian defence industry representatives are in negotiations with Northrop Grumman and NAMMO on ammunition production.
Source:Sep 25, 2026, 23:59 UTC
SpaceX is targeting a September 26, 2026 launch of the classified USSF-385 mission for the United States Space Force from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, expected to carry Starshield reconnaissance satellites into low Earth orbit.
Sep 25, 2026, 16:15 UTC
Northrop Grumman received a $123.8 million U.S. Navy award tied to 67 APG-85 radars for the F-35 program, with work running through February 2031.
Source:Sep 23, 2026, 22:30 UTC
Northrop Grumman will establish an office in an $18 million building to be constructed in Rapid City, South Dakota, near Ellsworth Air Force Base, with the state and the Ellsworth Development Authority each contributing $1 million.
Source:Sep 23, 2026, 10:15 UTC
The U.S. Army intends to raise the ordering ceiling on its Mission Training Complex Capability Support II contract by $129 million on a sole-source basis, affecting all 14 base contract holders.
Source:Sep 21, 2026, 14:00 UTC
Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas began a week-long visit to the United States on Monday to discuss security, bilateral defence co-operation and the presence of US troops in Lithuania with American officials.
Sep 20, 2026, 09:00 UTC
In the six months before September 2026, an estimated $7 billion in major aerospace and defense contracts flowed into Los Angeles County, including $1.6 billion in U.S. Space Force satellite contracts for Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman, a $2.39 billion NASA agreement for Caltech to operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and more than $2.14 billion in government awards to SpaceX.
Source:Sep 19, 2026, 06:30 UTC
The U.S. Space Force named its GMTI program with Northrop Grumman as prime contractor.
Source:Sep 16, 2026, 21:57 UTC
The U.S. Space Force's Combat Forces Command established the 77th Space Surveillance Squadron, its first operational unit dedicated to space-based moving target indication, in August 2026.
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 17:58 UTC
The U.S. Air Force is restructuring the Sentinel (LGM-35A) intercontinental ballistic missile program after a critical Nunn-McCurdy cost breach in January 2024 revoked its 2020 engineering and manufacturing development certification, with a possible Pentagon re-certification in December.
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 17:45 UTC
The Pentagon signed a deal with Northrop Grumman to expand production of THAAD and Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 10:00 UTC
JetZero began retrofitting the Pratt & Whitney PW2040 engines for its Jet 1 blended wing body demonstrator, with flight tests planned for late 2027.
Source:Sep 14, 2026, 20:00 UTC
Northrop Grumman dropped out of its team-up with Sierra Nevada on the latter's Freedom offering for the US Navy's Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) trainer competition.
Sep 14, 2026, 17:45 UTC
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force fully assembled the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile in its operational orientation, advancing toward flight testing.
Sep 11, 2026, 23:30 UTC
The U.S. Space Force announced that Lake Kickapoo in Archer County, Texas, will host the third and final node of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), a trilateral US-UK-Australia deep-space radar network, with construction to begin in 2027 and operations targeted for 2030.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 14:00 UTC
Northrop Grumman deepened its strategic collaboration with Polish vehicle manufacturer Huta Stalowa Wola for technology transfer, service and support of Bushmaster chain guns used on Polish Rosomak and Borsuk vehicles.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 14:00 UTC
Northrop Grumman signed two memorandums of understanding with Estonian firms Go Craft and DefSecIntel for defense system integration and mast fabrication in support of the Integrated Battle Command System, announced at the MSPO exhibition in Kielce, Poland.
Source:Sep 9, 2026, 23:15 UTC
Northrop Grumman unveiled a new facility in Layton, Utah, to support B-21 Raider production, with capacity for 1,500 employees by 2032.
Source:Aug 26, 2026, 14:31 UTC
Northrop Grumman is expanding its international defense business, targeting $10 billion in annual international sales by 2031.
Source:Aug 3, 2026, 12:08 UTC
Northrop Grumman entered into multi-year framework agreements worth $3 billion with the U.S. Department of War and Lockheed Martin to accelerate missile interceptor production.
Jul 29, 2026, 15:59 UTC
Northrop Grumman finalized a $2 billion framework agreement with the U.S. government and Lockheed Martin for motor production of the PAC-3 missile in 2026.
Source:Jul 14, 2026, 21:58 UTC
Northrop Grumman broke ground on a new facility in Utah to support strategic deterrence and advanced aerospace missions.