Tag: stealth

SpaceX vet’s startup Portal Space Systems comes out of stealth mode

A spaceflight startup with some serious bona fides has just come out of stealth mode. Portal Space Systems announced its existence today (April 30), revealing that it has snagged more than $3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for the development and launch of its new Supernova satellite bus. Portal’s CEO is […]

This new ‘blended-wing’ plane looks like a military stealth bomber and just got the green light to fly after decades of development

California aerospace startup JetZero got the green light to fly its new “Pathfinder” aircraft. The twinjet features a unique “blended-wing body” and is expected to carry up to 250 people. The wing poses complex challenges, but JetZero says it’s a sound concept for reducing CO2 emissions. Aerospace companies across the globe are breaking from the […]

America’s new Stealth hunter killers have arrived in the nick of time

After eight years of development, the US Air Force has finally cleared the new Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber for production. The move comes just in time. The bomber is the key component in a stealthy reconnaissance-strike complex that could prove decisive in a major war with China over Taiwan – and that war […]