BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 14:32:54 MT

THE AVIATIONIST · DEFENSE

NORTHROP GRUMMAN’S YFQ-48 FLIES FOR THE FIRST TIME...

Northrop Grumman announced the first flight of the YFQ-48 Talon Blue, the company’s internally-funded Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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