Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The B-21 bomber pairs cutting edge tech with a throwback aircraft design. It is based on a visionary aircraft design that dates ...

In the 1940s, it looked like flying wings would dominate the skies - faster, lighter, and more efficient than anything before ...

What You Need to Know: The B-21 Raider, unveiled by Northrop Grumman in December 2022, marks the first new strategic bomber in decades, designed to replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit. Featuring ...

WASHINGTON — The B-21 Raider took its first test flight on Friday, moving the futuristic warplane closer to becoming the nation’s next nuclear weapons stealth bomber. The Raider flew in Palmdale, ...

John Knudsen Northrop, 45, has designed such crack planes as the Lockheed Vega, the Army’s A17, but it became evident last week that a big part of his heart and head was really in something very ...

The U.S. Dept of Defense issued a five-year contract worth up to $7 billion to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. for modernization and sustainment activities for the B-2 ...

"This photo survey covers the flying wing and tailless craft designed and produced by Jack Northrop and his team at Northrop Aircraft, Incorporated between 1939 and the early 1950s. It is not meant to ...

The B-21 bomber pairs cutting edge tech with a throwback aircraft design. It is based on a visionary aircraft design that dates back to World War II. That aircraft, the YB-49, minimized drag but ...