Compass UAS Participates in Black Dart 2015
DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando of an ONR aircraft built by Compass Systems, Inc.
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Defense.gov reports on the 2015 Black Dart exercises: DoD’s live-fire, counter-UAS demonstration just completed at Point Magu, CA. Lexington Park, MD, headquartered Compass Systems’ unmanned aircraft system participated in the demonstration.
Pentagon report calls climate change a “present security threat, not strictly a long-term risk,” reports Defense Systems. Present concerns include sea-level rise at US naval installations and severe weather on military operations,
The Air Force puts its first female crew member on the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, reports Pilot Online.
Three women remain in the swamp and mountain phases of Ranger School, known as the Army’s premier leadership course, reports Defense One.
The Aviationist has video of the Russian Sukhoi T-50, an adversary of the F-22 and F-35.
Casey Fury, serving a 17-year prison sentence and facing a $400 million bill for torching the submarine USS Miami, lost an appeal in US District Court in Maine and is appealing to the US Court of Appeals, reports Seacoast Online.
Navy Times reports on one of the 4,062 active-duty sailors joining the chief’s mess, a good career move.
Slate reports, Tim Hibbetts, with three years at sea and more than 400 carrier arrestments, answers the question, How hard is it to land on a carrier in rough seas? for Quora, billing itself as the “best answer to any question.”
Bloomberg answers and asks some questions about Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.’s recent buys and sells, including its planned purchase of Precision Castparts for $37.2 billion, most of the Precision’s sales are made to the aerospace industry.
