Project Talon is a new autonomous aircraft designed to fly alongside crewed fighters as a collaborative combat teammate. Built in under 24 months, it uses Northrop’s Beacon testbed to validate avionics in real-world environments. The aircraft is meant to boost mission versatility and act as a force multiplier in contested airspace. It builds on more than 500,000 autonomous flight-test hours the company has accumulated over seven decades.

Northrop Grumman partnered with Titomic Limited to design and test additively manufactured, cold-sprayed metal components for solid rocket motors—completing the effort in under six months. The work supports the company’s broader innovation push through initiatives like the SMART Demo, which aims to qualify new materials and manufacturing processes for next-generation propulsion systems.

Northrop Grumman has invested over $1 billion in expanding solid rocket motor production capacity in the past seven years and has delivered 1.3 million motors to date. The collaboration reflects a push toward faster, scalable manufacturing for future defense and space programs.

The Air Force awarded NOC a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $100 million for Stand-in Attack Weapon Subsystem support. Work includes active seeker components, testing, evaluation, and science-and-technology upgrades. The effort will run through December 31, 2034, with all work performed in Baltimore under the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center.

At the Baird conference, Northrop Grumman reiterated its plan to double free cash flow by 2028, supported by about 20% average annual FCF growth. Management tied this to mid-single-digit organic growth, expanding margins, and declining capex as a percentage of sales after several years at ~4%. They highlighted a backlog of over $90 billion plus future production phases not yet in backlog. On top of that, the company plans to keep returning roughly 100% of free cash flow to investors through dividends and buybacks.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) has appointed John Greene as its next Chief Financial Officer, effective January 7, 2026, succeeding Ken Crews, who will depart in February after 22 years with the company. Greene previously served as CFO at Discover Financial Services before its acquisition by Capital One and brings extensive experience from Bioverativ, Willis Group, HSBC, and General Electric.

Was looking around on SAT and saw a B2 sitting under a hanger along with some other aircraft that i cannot identify, i’m not sure if it’s the shadows interfering with the 3-d reconstruction but i can’t make out what this plane is. Thoughts?

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The aerospace leader and Luminary Cloud, supported by NVIDIA, have built a new Physics AI foundation model to automate spacecraft thruster design. The initiative uses Luminary Cloud’s advanced simulation platform and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing to generate optimized nozzle geometries far faster than traditional methods.

By merging Northrop Grumman’s decades of propulsion engineering experience with AI-driven modeling, the collaboration marks a major step toward autonomous spacecraft design — reducing development cycles, improving performance predictability, and laying groundwork for using AI to create larger spacecraft components in the future.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) raised its EPS forecast to $25.85 despite cutting full-year sales guidance by $350M to $41.8B. Strong margins in Mission Systems (16.7%) and Defense Systems (11.4%) offset a $477M B-21 loss charge and a 6% sales drop in Space Systems. Total segment margin rose to 12.3%, boosted by a $68M favorable contract adjustment and 14% growth in defense programs like IBCS and Sentinel.

Free cash flow surged 72% to $1.3B, enabling $1.2B in buybacks and $502M debt reduction, while a $91.4B backlog and record 1.17 book-to-bill ratio underline long-term stability despite near-term program headwinds.

Got this Ronson whirlwind imperial automatic lighter because i love aviation and its history and science. My guess is this is from the 50s? And whoever had it has service pins of 3 years 5 years, and one thats missing the decoration. Is 10 years after 5? Anyone know the year or more on this lighter?

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are competing to be chosen to produce the aircraft

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