From his youth, Jack Northrop imagined efficient all-wing aircraft so advanced that technology and power plants needed to support them efficiently were not yet available. John "Jack" Northrop was born ...

"This photo survey covers the flying wing and tailless craft designed and produced by Jack Northrop and his team at Northrop Aircraft, Incorporated between 1939 and the early 1950s. It is not meant to ...

The war years: 1939 to 1945 -- Post-war struggles: 1946 to 1952 -- The post-Northrop years: 1953 to 1959 -- Tom Jones and the new Northrop Corp.: 1960 to 1973 -- Post-Vietnam war and the rise of ...

Boss: Tom O’Learhy, CEO of JetZero. (Photo by Thomas Wasper) The future of commercial aviation could be taking shape inside a hangar next to Long Beach Airport. This is where Long Beach startup ...

JetZero is working on the subscale BWB aircraft demonstrator, named “Pathfinder,” while Northrop Grumman’s Scaled Composites division is fabricating the full-size airplane and has already produced ...