February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker ...

On Apr. 8, 2024, Northrop Grumman Corporation released on line the first image of a full-size uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) prototype known as Manta Ray.

Northrop Grumman has decided not to compete against Boeing for the $35 billion the U.S. Air Force will spend to buy its own fleet of refueling tankers. The KC-45 it had submitted is based on the ...

This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. The decision by Northrop Grumman/EADS North America not to submit a bid for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 replacement competition ...

This article first appeared at Aviation Week.com.The first Northrop Grumman/EADS North America A330 for the U.S. Air Force has been sent to Germany in preparation for a cargo modification, though ...

A subsequent KC-X program selected the EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-30 (renamed the KC-45A for the U.S.) over the KC-767 in early 2008.

EADS North America said its tanker would support 48,000 U.S. jobs. Northrop Grumman pulled out of the latest contest, saying the Air Force's criteria favored Boeing's smaller plane.

Both companies filed initial bids in July after the Air Force granted EADS a 60-day bidding extension because its American partner, Northrop Grumman, pulled out of the competition.

The announcement by EADS NA Chairman Ralph Crosby on 20 February at the National Press Club comes six weeks after Northrop Grumman withdrew as prime contractor for the KC-45 over charges that the ...

EADS, the parent company of Airbus, will be putting its KC-45 up against The Boeing Co. ’s modified 767 in the tanker competition.