The United States Navy maintains a fleet of aircraft that are unofficially called "Doomsday Planes." These are vital to national defense, and they serve an important strategic purpose. The current ...

The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman $3.5 billion to build E-130J "Doomsday Planes" for use in a nuclear war. The new planes will replace the nation's current fleet of E-6B Mercury aircraft ...

Officials have updated the doomsday clock and it has been moved closer to midnight - meaning the risk of humanity creating a man-made catastrophe is even greater than ever. The apocalyptic clock ...

That's a rather drawn-out way to say Northrop Grumman will build the Navy's new "Doomsday Plane." Under this contract, Northrop will modify up to six Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 cargo planes to the ...

A passenger plane and a military helicopter collided close to Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night. American Airlines Flight 5342 was approaching a runway at the airport to land shortly ...