June 4, 2026

Eastern Shore Drone Crash Caused by Faulty Tail

BAMS-D

The Pax River Global Hawk plunged from 18,000 feet into an Eastern Shore swamp last year after operators lost control.

Congress Is Heading Over the Fiscal Cliff

Calvert Cliffs

A Senate deal to avoid automatic defense cuts falls through, and now sequestration appears inevitable.

Navy Completes Deck Handling Trials for X-47B

x-47b UCAS-D on USS Truman

Northrop Grumman and Navy practice taxiing and fueling the unmanned strike aircraft aboard the USS Truman.

Video: X-47B “UFO” Launches from Pax Catapult

UCAS X-47B Cat Launch

Northrop Grumman releases video of an X-47B catapult shot at Pax River.

Northrop Donates $1,650 to Greenwell for Vet Programs

Northrop Grumman Greenwell Donation

Donation will support Southern Maryland Vacations for Vets and Vets Helping Vets.

First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

UCAS X-47B Cat Launch

In preparation for the first catapult launch of the U.S. Navy’s X-47B unmanned aircraftat Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

First Operational Triton UAV Rolls onto Assembly Line

MQ-4C BAMS Triton unveiling

Northrop Grumman completes the fuselage for the first operational next-generation submarine hunter.

Defense Stocks Fall on Obama Re-election

Barack Obama

Raython, L-3, Lockheed and Northrop take a beating on the Street.

Smaller Military, More Drones Under Re-elected Obama

Barack Obama

Re-election solidifies the national security priorities of the president.

White House Could Delay Defense Cuts Next Year

White House

OMB says the president has the power to delay sequestration for a few weeks until Congress delivers a fix.