Northrop Grumman has won a contract of undisclosed value to develop a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) from the US Marine Corps’ Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR). This award, the company says, combines Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed…
The US Air Force has designated the Northrop Grumman Talon Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) as the YFQ-48A. This designation conforms with the Mission Design Series (MDS) for a semi-autonomous prototype aircraft and marks a key step forward in the service’s…
US defence prime contractor Northrop Grumman has unveiled Project Talon, a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designed to fly autonomously alongside crewed fighters. It advances collaboration between crewed and uncrewed aircraft, acting as a force multiplier to enhance lethality, adaptability and…
US Defence giant Northrop Grumman has successfully tested the first of two new Solid Rocket Motors (SRM) — SMASH!22 and BAMM!29 2.0 — which were designed and manufactured in 2025 under the company’s SMART Demo program. This milestone marks a key achievement in the project’s…
The US Navy has awarded four companies contracts of undisclosed value to design and develop armed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs). A fifth company has won a contract, also of undisclosed value, to build a common control system. No in-service date…
US prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation has named the first six strategic partners who will use its Beacon testbed ecosystem to rapidly test and deliver new autonomous solutions at scale. The initial partners are Applied Intuition, Autonodyne, Merlin, Red 6, Shield…
Defence will spend $272 million to acquire up to 14 Multi-Mission Phased Array Radars (MMPARs) for the Australian Army. Canberra-based CEA Technologies will produce the radars under Project LAND8113 Ph.2. They will be used to support Army’s long-range fires capability…
Defence has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), ‘AUS 1’, the first of four to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The RPAS actually arrived in Australia in June. Revealed at RAAF Base Tindal, the…
Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray prototype Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) built by has completed full-scale, in-water testing off the coast of Southern California says the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The test program demonstrated at-sea hydrodynamic performance, including submerged…
Huntsville, Alabama-based EOS Defense Systems USA (EOS) demonstrated its Counter-UAS (C-UAS) direct fire capabilities during the US Army’s Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4) last month at the Army's National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. The company is a subsidiary…