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News archive: Northrop Grumman Corporation

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24 June Designed to operate alongside crewed fighters, CCA are intended to extend combat mass, survivability and situational awareness in contested environments through human-machine teaming.

U.S. Air Force awards production contracts for CCA development

General Atomics, Anduril and three autonomy software providers have secured key production awards as the Air Force pushes to field Collaborative Combat Aircraft by 2030.

7 August 2025 Beacon brings together flight-proven software and hardware with partner technologies to test autonomous systems in real-world mission scenarios.

Six partners aboard for Beacon autonomy testbed trials

Flight trials on the Scaled Composites Model 437 aircraft and Northrop Grumman hardware will begin this year using autonomy software from partners including Applied Intuition and Shield AI.

31 July 2025 Red 6 is providing augmented reality training tools to simulate high-threat mission environments on the Beacon platform.

Merlin and Red 6 join forces with Northrop Grumman on Beacon

Two companies will support autonomy testing on the Vanguard using software and augmented reality tools in Mojave, California.

13 June 2024 High cycle fatigue test cell planned for NOVAdev’s California Hydrogen Test & Training Center, illustrated with a hydrogen storage device mounted for testing on a motion-controlled platform.

NOVAdev plans large-scale hydrogen testing in Antelope Valley

Planned test cells will perform high and low cycle fatigue testing, cryogenic and high-pressure system testing, operational performance testing at ambient and elevated temperatures, and crash testing.

21 September 2022 The large additive manufactured titanium aerostructure.

Titanium component pushes the boundaries of AM

As well as facilitating larger components, GKN's technology enables parts to be produced faster than current methods, uses raw materials more efficiently, and may ultimately result in reduced costs.

20 July 2022 Carrying 65-80 passengers at twice the speed of today's airliners and running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, Overture will fly Mach 1.7 over water with a range of 4,250 nautical miles.

Northrop Grumman sees military potential for Overture

The company will pursue new use cases for Boom's Overture to support government and military operations that require rapid response, including reconnaissance, command and control, and mobility and logistics.