All posts tagged: Northrop Grumman

NASA’s Lunar Space Station Module Enters Final Phase Before Artemis Gateway Launch

NASA’s Lunar Space Station Module Enters Final Phase Before Artemis Gateway Launch

NASA’s Artemis program has passed a significant milestone in the development of the agency’s “Gateway” in the orbit of the Moon with the delivery of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module to Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Part of the moon-orbiting Gateway facility, HALO will serve as a habitat and office to astronauts and researchers travelling to and from the lunar surface under NASA’s Artemis moon program. Critical systems for power, data, life support, and temperature control are being attached to the module. Once finished, HALO will permit NASA and associates to conduct long-term missions and experiments in deep space as part of humanity’s lunar return. NASA’s HALO Module Begins Final Outfitting for Artemis Lunar Gateway As per the NASA report, the HALO module was shipped from Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, on April 1, and the spacecraft was greeted during an April 24 viewing milestone. The gathering included remarks from NASA’s Lori Glaze, Gateway Program Manager Jon Olansen, and astronaut Randy Bresnik. Attendees such as NASA Administrator Senior Advisor Todd Ericson and local …

World’s Second 6th-Gen Stealth Aircraft Gets Nod From UK PM Keir Starmer

World’s Second 6th-Gen Stealth Aircraft Gets Nod From UK PM Keir Starmer

London: The world’s second 6th-Generation fully-stealth fighter aircraft has gained impetus with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer giving the green signal for the strategically important project being co-developed by G7 member states – UK, Italy, and Japan. The approval was given last week. Prime Minister Starmer and his cabinet gave the approval for the Global Combat Aircraft Programme or GCAP, and a formal announcement of the project is likely in the next few weeks, according to a report in the Financial Times. The GCAP programme aims to counter a rising threat from Russia and China. The project will merge two different military programs – UK and Italy’s Tempest Project, for which the UK had already pledged the initial 2-billion-pounds, and Japan’s F-X programme. Italy, Japan, and the UK had signed a treaty in December last year, however, there was uncertainty over UK’s participation due to the Labour Party’s Strategic Defence Review or SDR which could scrap UK’s participation on grounds of high costs. However, with Prime Minister Starmer’s go-ahead, those fears have been laid to …