In early May 2022, Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first — and most critical — loads calibration test of the first B-21 aircraft.

The recent test is one of three major conditions the aircraft will undergo in this phase of ground testing as it progresses toward first flight. Loads calibration, which focuses on calibrating instrumentation prior ...

Have you ever been in a cemetery and saw some coins placed on a headstone?

A coin left on a headstone lets the deceased military members’ family know that someone stopped by to pay their respects.

A penny means you visited ...

On May 19, 2022, Raytheon Intelligence & Space introduced Department 22.

Department 22 is a strategic business unit focused on rapidly developing next-generation military technologies aimed at widening the capability gap over the nation’s near-peer adversaries.

“One hundred years ago, what is now Raytheon Technologies was a start-up in a rented office space in ...

The tough, realistic conditions of the National Training Center/Fort Irwin, Calif., combined with the live, virtual and constructive scenarios and a World-Class Opposing Force (OPFOR) stress combat formation from deployment to redeployment ...

The Department of Veteran Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration will host its first public Memorial Day ceremonies since 2019.

Ceremonies were not open in 2020 or 2021 to limit the spread of COVID-19.

All visitors this year are encouraged to follow Centers for Disease Control guidelines to ensure their safety ...

Over time, we have watched and read many “service to country” stories about the famous B-17 Flying Fortress of World War II. Over the years I have been blessed to rub elbows with many men who at a very young age went off to war and brought back some pretty amazing stories of survival that broke up long hours of boredom in the air and on the ground ...

Anyone who has attended the funeral or memorial service for a U.S. veteran has heard the mournful sound of Taps being played by a lone bugler.

However, how many know where the tradition came from?

The bugle call known as “Taps” dates from the American Civil War ...

While many will pay their respects at local ceremonies and veterans’ cemeteries this Memorial Day, others may honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service, with a fitness challenge named in honor of one of their own.

Service members and civilians from across the country and beyond have joined together for several years ...

Military aircraft come, and military aircraft go, but the B-52 Stratofortress seems to live foreer.

In a sign that the B-52 is here to stay, the U.S. Air Force has awarded Rolls-Royce North America a $2.604,329,361 contract for B-52H Stratofortress military derivate engines.

Under the competitive single award contract, Rolls-Royce will supply 608 engines, plus spare parts ...

The historic Lancaster Cemetery, part of the Antelope Valley Cemetery District, will host a Memorial Day ceremony at 9 a.m., May 30.

Antelope Valley Young Marines will present the Colors and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Ashley Goines will sing the National Anthem and Bishop Henry Hearns, Pastor emeritus for the Living Stone Cathedral ...