Yearly Archive: 2022

Northrop Begins Making Key NGI Components

Northrop Begins Making Key NGI Components

MAGNA, Utah — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team recently began fabrication of integral throat entrances for the NGI solid rocket motors.

This key milestone marks the beginning of manufacturing of key components for the NGI program. Produced at the company’s …

Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo

Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo

Turkey’s most advanced and sophisticated drone, the Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), has successfully completed another important stage in the ammunition integration process.

The developing company, Baykar, said the drone has completed a firing test with the domestically de…

BAE Wins US Army $699M Supercomputing Contract

BAE Wins US Army $699M Supercomputing Contract

BAE Systems and Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, was awarded a $698,967,197 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Defense Supercomputing Resource Center operations, maintenance, and management services, including program-wide services for high-performance computer users.

Bid…

Hawaii-Based F-22 Fighters Deploy to Japan for Exercise

Hawaii-Based F-22 Fighters Deploy to Japan for Exercise

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — The skies over the Keystone of the Pacific recently featured unique guests, as several visiting F-22 Raptors and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, conducted a series of missions at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

While at Kadena AB, the fifth-generation air do…

China Shows Off New Autonomous Mother Ship for Drones

China Shows Off New Autonomous Mother Ship for Drones

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China is showing off new sea-based technology as it seeks to assert its dominance in the Pacific, analysts say.

The latest technological tool is the Zhu Hai Yun, an unmanned and autonomously operated carrier for drones. A month into its maiden voyage, the vessel is billed as Ch…

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