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.

The KC-45 was set to replace the aging KC-135 as the backbone of the U.S. Air Force. No longer. Here, a look at the plane that Northrop has abandoned.

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 ...

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 work stopped on the project before it got under way.

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. Boeing protested that selection, leading to a new competition in ...

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.

EADS is throwing its KC-45 tanker, a large plane based on the Airbus A330, into the race. The Americans are bidding with an altered version of its Boeing 767, called the New Generation Tanker.

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 North America will build and modify the KC-45 at a plant to be built in Mobile, Ala., the company said. It will also build the A330 commercial freighter at the new facility.