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IndustryWeek January 20, 2010 Peter Alpern |
Visualize This Northrop Grumman completes a 3-D product model for a next-generation aircraft carrier.  |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2011 Rich Smith |
Why Does the U.S. Navy Hate JFK? Poor Huntington-Ingalls. Just four months after its parent company set it adrift, it's already wallowing in debt and burning cash. And now it seems Northrop Grumman abandoned this shipbuilder not a moment too soon.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Rich Smith |
Northrop Grumman: More than Just UAVs Northrop Grumman just landed a $432 million contract to build two new E-2D "Advanced Hawkeye" command and control aircraft for the Navy. And this is just the beginning.  |
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
The Navy's Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California Yesterday, Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military.  |
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Combat Drone Project Exposes Pitfalls of Joint-Service Programs When the Pentagon quashed a multibillion-dollar Air Force-Navy combat drone program earlier this year, experts contended this was proof that joint service projects are doomed from the get-go.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Boeing's Ship Comes In Boeing's new contract to build aircraft for the Navy continues its string of positive news. The company's prospects remain good, but investors may want to wait for the shares to descend a bit before piling on board.  |
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Fight Begins Over Navy's Armed Drone Program After years of delays, the Navy plans this summer to release a request for proposals for the preliminary design phase for its unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, called UCLASS. The final RFP is set to be issued in early spring 2014.  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 Rich Smith |
India Looks West for Its Defense Yet another big arms sale to India.  |
The Motley Fool December 24, 2008 Rich Smith |
Boatloads of Profit for General Dynamics and Northrop The U.S. Navy delivers a veritable boatload of certainty to both companies -- and that is meant literally.  |
National Defense June 2006 Jean & Erwin |
For Navy, More Unmanned Aircraft on the Horizon An unmanned combat aircraft that can operate from carrier decks would be of great utility to the Navy, but it appears to be unaffordable, at least for the time being, said a naval aviation expert.  |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2003 Jeff Hwang |
Boeing Gains Navy Contracts Boeing will receive $9.6 billion from Super Hornet and EA-18G contracts.  |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Rich Smith |
Northrop Gains Air Superiority Northrop Grumman signs an important contract with the U.S. Navy to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Keep an eye on Northrop, investors; they may be pulling ahead of competition as the nation's foremost military aircraft maker.  |
National Defense July 2012 Antoine Martin |
Promising Outlook for Navy's Unmanned Aviation The U.S. Navy has ambitious plans to deploy new families of unmanned aircraft over the next decade.  |
National Defense June 2005 Robert H. Williams |
Navy's New Carrier: An Electrifying Ride Construction of the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier, the CVN-21, could begin as early as this year, even though the ship's design continues to evolve.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Rich Smith |
Pentagon to Boeing: Get Real! And get used to it -- the F-35 is coming.  |
National Defense September 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Unpiloted Aircraft Not Coming Soon to Navy Carrier Decks Aboard Navy aircraft carriers, the future of unmanned aviation still is up in the air.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Rich Smith |
Boeing Scores Touchdown in India There's a new world order for U.S. defense contractors.  |
National Defense January 2006 Robert H. Williams |
Weapons Elevator Designed for Future Northrop Grumman Corporation selected Federal Equipment Company to design and build an advanced weapons elevator for the new-generation aircraft carrier, CVN 21.  |
IndustryWeek December 16, 2010 |
Breaking Down Manufacturing Walls with 3-D Simulation Virtualization allows engineers to view their products from concept to design, testing and manufacturability, all at once.  |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Rich Smith |
Washington Post Indicts Military-Industrial Complex The Washington Post prints a seething report about over-expenditures in the military defense contracting business.  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2010 Rich Smith |
Defense Contractors Get a Dunking Secure your helmets and fasten your chin straps, defense investors. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is wielding the ax again.  |
National Defense June 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Vendors Faceoff Over Navy Cargo Aircraft The Navy isn't likely to kick off a competition until 2014, but two rival manufacturers are eager to prove that their aircraft is the best option for flying supplies to carrier strike groups.  |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 Rich Smith |
General Dynamics and Lockheed Deliver These two defense contractors deserve praise for their recent accomplishments.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Rich Smith |
Addled Admiral Builds a Robot Navy U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead wants to cut loose on the Pentagon's strait-laced acquisition rules and begin buying cutting-edge tech for the Navy.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 Andrew Tonner |
Investor Roundtable: The Best Stocks in the Defense Industry Fools muster their financial forces to battle over the best potential picks.  |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Threats To Aircraft Carriers Bolster Case for Unmanned Combat Jets The dominance of U.S. aircraft carriers, however, could be one day challenged if future enemies arm themselves with accurate, long-range missiles.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Rich Smith |
Northrop Tosses Huntington Ingalls Overboard By getting itself out of Huntington, its nuclear aircraft carrier- and submarine-building business, did Northrop set investors adrift in a leaky boat?  |
National Defense July 2004 Michael Peck |
Air Force, Navy to Join Forces On Unmanned Aircraft Project A nascent Air Force-Navy program to develop a family of unmanned combat aircraft will seek to show military planners how this technology can help commanders gather intelligence, spot the enemy and ultimately destroy designated targets.  |
National Defense June 2004 John Stanton |
Navy Aircraft Carrier Designed For Trouble-Free Maintenance Despite growing interest in possibly expanding the number of vertical-takeoff warplanes in the U.S., it's unlikely that they will fly from the deck of the Navy's future aircraft carrier, the CVN-21.  |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2004 Rich Smith |
General Dynamics-Lockheed Score The two were chosen to design the Navy's next-generation warship.  |
National Defense September 2015 Jon Harper |
Funding Restricted for Ford-Class Carriers Lawmakers are pushing new funding restrictions in an effort to control the costs of Ford-class aircraft carriers.  |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
iRobot Is in the Navy The consumer robotics specialist continues to make tactical inroads with its military products. Investors, take note.  |
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons.  |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2010 Rich Smith |
Everybody's a Winner! Just about everybody's getting a Pentagon contract these days.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2010 Rich Smith |
KC-X Still M.I.A. Pentagon to defense contractors: On your mark, get set ... wait!  |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Drones: More Than a Buzzword for Boeing Boeing's gamble in unmanned aircraft may pay off ... one day.  |
National Defense June 2015 Sandra I. Erwin |
Northrop Grumman Aims To Retain Grip on Aviation Northrop Grumman Corp. makes a big play to join the ranks of Lockheed Martin and Boeing as one of the nation's top manufacturers of combat aircraft.  |
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Navy's New Drones Taking Center Stage The Navy finally is developing its own custom unmanned air systems, with the service planning on fielding four new aircraft in the next few years.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2011 Rich Smith |
Making War Safe for Robots Unless defense companies figure out a way to make UAVs survivable in contested airspace, the whole darn shootin' match could be rendered obsolete.  |
National Defense May 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Confusion Surrounds Navy's Carrier-Based Drone The Navy in 2010 first released a request for information for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, or UCLASS, but officials took years debating whether it wanted a revolutionary technology or something less risky.  |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2004 Rich Smith |
Will the Navy Scuttle Shipbuilders? A funding proposal would scale down orders for new warships. Investors should look beyond the obvious implications for the shipyards, the shipbuilders, and their employees.  |
Popular Mechanics October 8, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
Unmanned Helicopter Hunts Drug Smugglers MQ-8B became the first unmanned helicopter to conduct actual operations on a navy ship.  |
The Motley Fool June 18, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Lockheed's Weight Problem Lockheed Martin will delay takeoff on its Joint Strike Fighter program due to a nagging problem that may leave the defense contractor's investors jittery.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2009 Rich Smith |
6 Stocks That Never Surrender In a fight to the finish versus the S&P 500, check in on how six defense stocks are doing.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Andrew Tonner |
Does This Defense Contractor Have the Makings of a Great Investment? Should you buy this stock?  |
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Aviation Force Gets Smaller, But New Aircraft Spending on Course The intent is to replace aging Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with fewer, but more technologically advanced systems.  |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Rich Smith |
Boeing Wins! No, still not the KC-X contract. But almost as good. It seems the company that's taken the single greatest lead in unmanned airpower dominance -- at least for now -- is Boeing  |
National Defense July 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy to Consider New Ways to Shuttle Passengers, Supplies to Aircraft Carriers The Navy will decide over the next two years how it will modernize its fleet of 35 cargo planes that move passengers and supplies from bases on land to big-deck aircraft carriers at sea.  |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 John Grgurich |
1 Thing Investors Need to Know About Boeing's 787 Landing Gear Incident New jetliners often experience problems. So long as Boeing hops right on this issue and stays on top of it -- both from an engineering and a public relations perspective -- the company will be fine.  |
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings.  |