Northrop Grumman said Thursday it had lined up Computer Sciences Corp.’s Australian subsidiary and a Turkish defense electronics firm to provide avionics components and test equipment for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Australia and Turkey are two of the nine partner countries developing the new strike fighter. Northrop already has contracts with several other defense firms in Australia and Turkey.
The first flight of the secretive B-21 bomber has slipped to mid-2022, but the program is moving along well, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office director Randall Walden said in an exclusive interview. The second copy of the B-21, which will be used for structural testing, is now on the production…