Posted by Editor on January 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The full version of the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation’s 2012 report is now available online.
Posted by Editor on January 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The high-tech helmet isn’t ready, and the F-35B is developing cracks, according to the DOT&E report.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chuck Hagel, cybersecurity, DOT&E, F-35B, Fiscal cliff, furloughs, JSF, MQ-4C Triton, MV-22 Osprey, Pentagon, sequestration
Posted by Editor on January 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Virtually all civilian defense employees would be furloughed if Congress doesn’t resolve sequestration by March.
Category Community News · Tags drones, F-35, Fiscal cliff, furloughs, JSF, layoffs, Lockheed Martin, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pax River, Pentagon, sequestration, Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield, UAV, UCLASS
Posted by Editor on January 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Navy’s first stealth aircraft trainer will head to Florida to hone the skills of F-35C pilots.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Chuck Hagel, drones, F-35C, Fiscal cliff, Joint Strikje Fighter, JSF, NGEN, Pentagon, sequestration, UAV
Posted by Editor on January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Pax River Global Hawk plunged from 18,000 feet into an Eastern Shore swamp last year after operators lost control.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAMS-D, budget, Chuck Hagel, contracts, CSC, Fiscal cliff, Global Hawk, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, sequestration, USS Enterprise
Posted by Editor on December 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
A Senate deal to avoid automatic defense cuts falls through, and now sequestration appears inevitable.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bell-Boeing, Boeing, Congress, contracts, drone, Fiscal cliff, General Electric, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, sequestration, UAV
New development, a hurricane, stealth fighters and the fiscal cliff top the list.
Category Community News · Tags 2012, budget, Cherry Cove, Coco Cantina, Eastern Shore, F-35, Fiscal cliff, Hurricane Sandy, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lexington Park, NAVAIR, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, New Year's, Patuxent Partnership, Pax River, Pentagon, sequestration, top stories, Verizon, wind farm, wind turbines
After serving 33 years as a civilian military official, Ed Greer retires as deputy assistant secretary for developmental testing.
Posted by Editor on December 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
DoD officials are hoping to have flexibility in implementing automatic cuts.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Congress, Defense Authorization Bill, F-35, Fiscal cliff, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Pentagon, Rear Adm. Randy Mahr, sequestration
Posted by Editor on November 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Southern Maryland is vying to be one of the first site selected for testing unmanned aircraft in domestic civil airspace.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags autononomy, budget, China, Congress, contracts, drones, F-35B, FAA, Fire Scout, Honeywell, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, MQ-4C Triton, NAVAIR, Pentagon, sequestration, Simmonds, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, UAV, UCLASS
