Saudi Arabia's civil aviation administration believes a failure to follow safety procedures during the disassembly of a Lockheed L-1011 aircraft resulted in an explosion which killed four workers. The ...

With the ventral fairing barely visible under the forward fuselage, Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer performed a low fly-past before departing Mojave. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images Aviation Week was ...

Today’scommercial aircraft market is defined by a handful of manufacturers. Boeing and Airbus dominate the narrowbody and widebody sectors, while regional players such as Embraer, Bombardier, and ATR ...

Almost 28 years after pioneering the use of nonmilitary air launch for commercial spacecraft with the Pegasus rocket, Northrop Grumman’s one-of-a-kind Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is on the verge of a new ...

Northrop Grumman’s L-1011 aircraft, Stargazer, prepares for takeoff at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip in Florida on Oct. 10, 2019. Attached beneath the aircraft is the company’s ...

WASHINGTON — Stratolaunch Systems will use the giant aircraft the company is currently developing to launch Pegasus rockets from Orbital ATK as part of a "multi-year" partnership, the two companies ...

An F/A-18C Hornet refuels with a British Royal Air Force L-1011 aircraft in southern Afghanistan after conducting operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2008. The aircraft carrier USS ...

Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, seen here attached to its L-1011 aircraft, has suffered technical problems that has delayed the launch of a NASA satellite until the second quarter of 2019.

Jonathan Van Noord, AOSS Researcher, calibrates CYGNSS in the Space Research Building on December 12, 2014. CYGNSS is a device that researchers built for launch on Dec. 12, 2016, that is designed to ...

It's a first-of-its-kind mission that must work or a $500 million NASA space telescope is going to crash into Earth. The post Bonkers NASA Mission Next Year Will Drop Rocket Out of Plane, Blast Off ...

An illustration of Stratolaunch Systems' aircraft carrying three Orbital ATK Pegasus launch vehicles. Credit: Stratolaunch Systems WASHINGTON — Stratolaunch Systems will use the giant aircraft the ...