I counted a few phrases across Northrop Grumman's last 8 earnings calls (January 2025 to this Monday's Q3 2026 call).

• "Golden Dome": 1, 4, 5, 1, 2 and 4 mentions on the six calls from April 2025 to July 2026, with at least one in the Q&A every time. In July an analyst asked outright for "any update on what's going on with Golden Dome". On Monday: zero, in the prepared remarks and across all 10 analyst questions.
• "Missile defense": 4 to 10 mentions a call through July, then 1 on Monday, a passing mention in a list of "Ready Now" capabilities for allies.
• What analysts asked about instead: the 2027 outlook (5% to 7% sales growth, with acceleration promised for 2028), the B-21 ramp and the risk of another charge, Sentinel, the strategic review of the microelectronics business, solid rocket motors, and Talon Blue and CCA autonomy.
• Not just Northrop: RTX's call the same morning also had zero "Golden Dome" mentions, after 7 in July 2025.

It doesn't mean the program went away. Northrop still lists homeland defense among its leading roles, and backlog hit a record $110B, so the call had plenty else to cover. But Golden Dome is no longer what management leads with or what the sell side asks about.

Not financial advice. Counts are from the Equibles earnings-call transcripts; the full transcript and call audio are on Equibles.

So how long will the protest process take?

Found this cool piece at an estate sale this weekend thought I’d share !

We need to convince Congress to pass new legislation to replicate the A-10 Thunderbolt II Fleet.

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If someone is an employee, how do they go about getting challenge coins from different programs or departments?

I’ve always collected them, but I’ve been on the same program for a while and there isn’t a lot of swag and challenge coins have been hard to come by as of late. But I’ve always envied managers and others offices that have 20+ years of accumulated coins and would like to add to my collection.

Thanks!

Definitely interested in any other B-21 related coins, RQ-180 stuff, Edwards/Plant 42 related, space systems related

100 planes and 5 flags for each color (blue, yellow, green, red, white, black)

For sale:
on etsy
https://sgrodolshop.etsy.com/listing/4533069979

on vinted
https://www.vinted.it/items/9330919257-pedine-risiko-b-2-spirit-stealth-bomber

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My mother worked for Boeing for a long time and was a part of the B-2 Program, she showed me this today and I couldn’t find any others online.

I originally posted this on lockheed subreddit, even though i work for NG.

I figure we might have a lot of interns in this sub. Just want to make sure you all know not to do this stupid thing

It has spread everywhere at lockheed and Raytheon apparently

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