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Too late for war: The rise and fall of the F8F Bearcat

The Grumman F8F Bearcat was designed as a lightweight, high-performance naval fighter intended to counter late-war threats.
Red Wrench Films Official on MSN

Grumman cats: How the Wildcat, Hellcat, and Bearcat dominated the Pacific

From the stubby F4F Wildcat barely holding the line in 1942 to the powerful F6F Hellcat that turned the tide of the Pacific ...
The Comet

The Flying Bulls appearing at Shuttleworth's Festival of Flight

The vintage warbirds of The Flying Bulls are set to make their Shuttleworth air show debut at the 2026 Festival of Flight.
Biggleswade Today on MSN

Shuttleworth Trust announces first visiting aircraft of 2026

The Flying Bulls fleet are set to visit Shuttleworth House in Biggleswade as part of the Festival of Flight Air Show, which ...
Jane's Information Group

Northrop Grumman test-fires prototype Mk 72 SRM for Standard Missiles

A close-up view of Northrop Grumman's test firing of its Mk 72 solid rocket motor at its Elkton, Maryland facility in December 2025. (Northrop Grumman) Northrop Grumman completed a static test firing ...
Aviation Today

Northrop Grumman Eyes First Flight Of Project Talon Next Year

Northrop Grumman used its Beacon autonomous testbed, announced in June, to accelerate development of the Project Talon autonomous drone offering for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft ...
Insider Monkey

Analysts See a 19% Upside to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is among the 7 Best Defense Dividend Stocks to Buy, with a dividend yield of 1.58% as of the close of business on December 22. On December 16, Morgan Stanley’s ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Bearcat attacks 2 zoo employees, sending them to the hospital

WASHINGTON (WJW) — Two employees at a Washington, D.C., zoo were reportedly attacked by a mammal commonly known as a bearcat last week and had to be transported to the hospital. The Smithsonian’s ...
Aviation Week

Northrop Grumman Test-Fires New Mk. 72 Motor For U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 18 it had test-fired a prototype of a new solid rocket motor for the U.S. Navy about eight months after contract award as the Pentagon and contractors race to increase ...
The Business Journals

Northrop Grumman extends UAV work at north Dayton sites with $142M contract

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A $142 million Air Force ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Air Force Designates Northrop’s Project Talon YFQ-48A

The U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22 that it has designated the Northrop Grumman Project Talon uncrewed aircraft prototype the YFQ-48A, signifying the service’s support for the internally developed ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China Slaps Symbolic Sanctions on US Firms Over Taiwan Arms Sale

China announced largely symbolic sanctions against 20 US defense companies and 10 executives, signaling its anger over Washington’s latest arms sales to Taiwan while stopping short of a broader ...