MQ-8C Fire Scout Makes First Flight Off Combat Ship

The Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has taken its first flight from a combat ship. Taking off from the USS Montgomery, the MQ-8C demonstrated its ability to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities autonomously for US Navy ships at sea. Watch the MQ-8C Fire Scout in Action The sea trials took place off the coast of […]

Flash from the past: Anyone remember the F-20 Tigershark? Chuck Yeager does!

Back in the 1980’s Northrop privately funded the building of the F-20 Tigershark. A variant of the F-5 it was initially designated the F-5G. The Tigershark first flew in 1982 and only three aircraft were ever built. Watch the F-20 Tigershark in action The F-20 had a single General Electric F404-GE-100 turbofan engine with 17,000 pounds of […]

Northrop Grumman Exits From Air Force’s T-38 Replacement T-X Competition

February 1, 2017 Northrop Grumman and its partner BAE Systems announced that they will not be submitting a proposal for the US Air Force T-X competition to replace the aging T-38 jet trainer aircraft. Northrop was the original equipment manufacturer of the T-38 Talon. Northrop Grumman and its principal teammate BAE Systems have carefully examined the U.S. […]

The US Navy Has a Pilotless Helicopter? Yes They Do! The MQ-8B Fire Scout

The United States Navy hit a milestone this month marking the 10th year of flying the pilotless MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter. The Fire Scout has logged over 15,000 flight hours successfully completing multiple missions for the Navy which include providing reconnaissance and vital situational awareness for the Fleet. The aircraft also serves in a precision targeting role […]

Watch: First Ever Drone Refueling! US Navy X-47B

Flying modern jet fighters you often find yourself shaking your head in wonderment over something you were able to do with the aircraft. To explain how the plane could do what it just did we would say “PFM” or Pure F…ing Magic. Watch below and see a whole lot of “PFM” as a US Navy […]

Boom Technology Introduces The First Privately Funded Supersonic Jet

Boom Technology, Inc, a Colorado based aviation startup has a vision! They plan to offer everyday travelers supersonic passenger service that is routine, affordable and safe. Tuesday, November 15th the Richard Branson backed company, introduced the ‘Baby Boom’ XB1 Supersonic Demonstrator. The XB1 Baby Boom is a one third sized version of the Mach 2.2, […]

Air Force Considers B-21 Program Expansion

FighterSweep Fans, the Air Force is re-examining the number of new B-21 Long Range Strike Bombers (LRS-B) it will need to fulfill combatant commander requirements going into the next three decades. While the initial call was for anywhere between 80-100 of these aircraft, some are calling for 175-200. It’s a pretty impressive number and, undoubtedly, […]