A test of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM’s second stage rocket motor in a vacuum chamber was successful and will help the company validate performance predictions made in its digital design, the company announced.
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WORLD: Space: 21 planned Space Force launches in FY24; Space Forces Europe and Africa (SPACE-EURAF) to stand up soon.
The head of a new office created to oversee the modernization of the Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile fleet said he expects to receive a schedule update on the Sentinel program “at the end of the year” from contractor Northrop Grumman. Brig. Gen. Colin J. Connor, ...
WORLD: B-21 Raider's first flight; Tests begin on T-7A Red Hawk; New cloud-based command and control system.
The first B-21 Raider bomber took off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., just after dawn on Nov. 10, in a flight that concluded at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif, after 90 minutes, according to local observers. "This was a test flight," said ...
New images of the secretive B-21 bomber undergoing engine runs and taxi tests outside Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Palmdale, Calif., show vertical features that have industry experts scratching their heads regarding some prominent elements.
A new picture of the secret B-21 bomber shows that its exhaust and rear deck differs substantially from that of its predecessor, the B-2. The Air Force confirmed the image is of a B-21.
Northrop Grumman won't get its B-21 low-rate initial production contract until after first flight happens, company officials said on their quarterly earnings call. They also said Northrop won’t make any money on the B-21 in the LRIP phase, due to higher labor costs and inflation ...
The first B-21 bomber is conducting taxi tests at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., the service confirmed, meaning that first flight is likely fast approaching.
The Air Force has picked Northrop Grumman over L3Harris and Lockheed Martin to develop and build the Stand-in Attack Weapon, meant to swiftly destroy enemy air defense sites and other high-value targets.
To achieve the Sentinel ICBMS's ambitious initial operational service date, the Air Force and Office of the Secretary of Defense have accelerated some steps to add margin to a program with little to spare.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. unveiled new imagery of the secretive B-21 Raider during his keynote address at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference on Sept. 12, the first glimpse of the stealthy bomber in months.
