Obama Exempts Military Personnel Programs from Cuts

White House

White House makes its latest tactical move in showdown with Congress over sequestration.

Pax River Almost Lost Its Security Card Machines

CAC card

Rear Adm. Mahr praises technicians for saving the base’s only two CAC encoding machines.

Poseidon Gets Bold

p-8a poseidon flutter test

P-8A Poseidon makes its debut in Navy’s “Bold Alligator” training operation.

Is BRAC a Bluff?

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Another round of base closures, or just Washington Monument Syndrome?

Finally, Good F-35B News

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It’s official, the program is off probation and has Pentagon backing.

Wind Turbines Find Support

offshore wind turbines

Pax River reaches compromise with Somerset County officials.

X-47B Coming in Spring

X-47B UCAS demonstrator photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman

The UCAS drone arrives for testing next year.

74 Laid Off at DynCorp

budget axe

Contractor cutting Lexington Park office.

MD Could Lose 36K Jobs

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Defense industry says state would be in top ten budget cut losers.

Budget Could Delay Ford

An artist's rendering of the finished USS Ford.

Navy proposes delaying new supercarrier two years.