The Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider is to incorporate advances in low-observable (LO) maintenance to ensure the next generation bomber is ready to fly consistently when it reaches the field in the coming years, a top U.S. Air Force official said this week. “I’m very confident that ...

Arlington Capital Partners on Tuesday said it has created Eqlipse Technologies, a platform company formed through acquisitions of other companies that have capabilities in full-spectrum cyber and signals intelligence engineering, digital operations and identity management, and research and ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) longest-serving associate administrator Jeffrey Johnson, the chief of nuclear security, announced his retirement on Monday.  Johnson served eight years at NNSA following a 20-year career in uniform and seven years as a civilian employee with ...

The “first string” of interceptors, launchers, radars and a command and control system for missile defenses set to be deployed to Guam will arrive in 2024, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last week. The Guam architecture, “however you want to define that, was really ...

The private equity firm ATL Partners on Monday said it has stood up LightRidge Solutions, which was created through the acquisition of two companies, GEOST, LLC in 2021 and Ophir Corp. in late 2022. LightRidge is based in Tucson, Ariz., has about 255 employees and is currently focused on sensors ...

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on March 20 that it will begin producing the company’s Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor for the U.S. Air Force E-7A Wedgetail by Boeing [BA]. The Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget includes $681 million for rapid prototyping of two Wedgetails ...