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A New View Of America’s Deadliest Drone

10:00PM January 27, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

X-47B, all ice, no man. The deadliest drone in the US arsenal, a stealth killer. I have seen dozens of photos. Videos too, of its first test and its cruise test. But I’ve never seen it from the top. More »


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Those Air Force Drones Are Bigger Than You Think

4:55AM January 19, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

I keep forgetting about how damn huge some drones are. Most people think they are tiny, like toy planes. As this photo of a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk shows, they are actually big. Big as in pretty damn huge. More »


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Is This The Airliner Of The Future?

2:30PM January 18, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Northrop Grumman thinks we all will be flying in oversized B-2 bombers by the year 2025. Who am I to say no to that? Bring them on! More »


News

Did The US Military Really Try To Smuggle A UFO Through Kansas In Plain Daylight?

9:00AM December 20, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

An UFO was seen on top of a military truck four days ago travelling down US 77. Residents of Cowley County, Kansas, thought the military were trying to haul an alien spaceship wrapped in plastic. On plain sight. In daylight. More »


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Next-Generation High-Speed Bomber Looks Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before

8:50AM September 27, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I love the shape of Northrop Grumman’s high-speed bomber concept. It’s beautiful, like the unholy destructive child of a B-2 Spirit bomber and the SR-71 Blackbird conceived by Industrial Light & Magic. More »


Science

This Sensor-Packed Spy Plane Can Fly With Or Without A Pilot

8:20AM May 10, 2011 | Noah Shachtman

Hauling tourists into space – that’s for tomorrow. Today, the legendary aerospace designers at Scaled Composites unveiled a new spy plane that can snoop on the unsuspecting four different ways, and doesn’t need a human in the cockpit to fly. More »


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Close-Up View Of The US Navy’s New Stealth Combat Aeroplane

1:20AM February 17, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

After completing its first flight on February 4 at Edwards AFB, here is a new video showing the US Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat aeroplane up close and personal, including shots of its air intake, weapons bays and a brief look of the ground-based control system. More »


Science

Video: X-47B Unmanned Stealth Bomber Completes First Test Flight

11:20PM February 7, 2011 | Gary Cutlack

Northrop Grumman’s X-47B is ready. On Friday it completed a 29-minute test flight over Edwards Air Force Base, managing to land “right on the centreline” of the runway. Without having a pilot onboard. More »


Robots With Guns Are The Pentagon’s Equivalent Of Booth Babes

1:40AM October 29, 2010 | Sam Biddle

The US Army is holding a military hardware jamboree in Washington DC, and like any trade show, companies want attention. But rather than hiring flirty models, Northrop Grumman is showing off a gun-toting robot they don’t even actually sell. More »


Science

Fastest Integrated Circuit Getting Close To One Terahertz

6:00AM May 29, 2010 | Popular Science

Following up on a 2007 world record for the fastest transistor speed, Northrop Grumman announced today that it has shattered the world record for integrated circuit performance, nearing one terahertz. More »