UAV Commercial Growth Won’t Wait for Government
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Business Insider finds the UAV market is growing commercially regardless of government regulation, and it won’t be the military leading UAV commercial growth, more likely these industries will: agriculture, energy, utilities, mining, construction, real estate, news media, and film production.
A Pentagon study will determine the number of “JSFs vs. Super Hornets” as part of an examination of the US capacity to control the electromagnetic spectrum, Breaking Defense reports on Adm. Jonathan Greenert testimony before the House Appropriations. The electromagnetic spectrum underpins all networks, sensors, and precision weapons.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee did not exclude Navy from automatic budget cut warnings given specifically to the Air Force last Friday, says Breaking Defense, also noting the GOP is not in agreement on automatic budget cuts put in place by sequestration. Rodney Frelinghuysen, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee told Navy and Marine Corps officials “we will cut the $13 billion with you or we will cut it without you,” Reuters reports. The Navy requested $13 billion more in its FY16 budget request than allowed under spending limits set in 2011.
The Navy-Marine Relief Society’s annual Active Duty Fund Drive opens March 4, reports Southern Maryland News. It’s been a tough year for some local vets, according to Maureen Farrell, director of the Patuxent River Office of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.
Maryland House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)) delivered Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) the votes to fund the Department of Homeland Security for one week, reports The Hill. Not good enough, says Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) in a release following passage of the stop-gap funding resolution. “After a strong bipartisan majority in the Senate passed legislation that provides funding to DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year without poison pills,” wrote Congressman Hoyer, it is time for the House to follow suit and ensure that the Department in charge of our nation’s security has the funding, resources, and certainty it needs to keep the American people safe.”
Mozaffar Khazaee pleaded guilty to stealing technical data on engines for the F-22 Raptor and F-35 to provide to Iran. The Connecticut man, employed by Pratt-Whitney during the 2009 to 2013 time span at issue, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine, reports Defense News.
It’s all about wheels versus tracks, reports the Washington Post, on the battle General Dynamics continues to wage for a piece of the contract BAE Systems won to build the Army’s new armored vehicle. The tenacity of General Dynamics’ continuation of a contracting war that has officially been decided twice is approaching legendary dimensions.
DefenseOne reports on the WOW factor of last week’s Middle East arms show and finds a lot of US companies no longer so prominent at US and European shows still attending IDEX in Abu Dhabi. If you missed it this year, Marcus Weisgerber, gives some helpful hints on comfort, security, and protocol for the next one.
Engility has signed a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide product and technical services support for the development and testing of avionics platforms for the US Navy. As part of the $27.6m, five-year contract, the company will provide support for the Naval Avionics Platform Integration Emulator (NAPIE) systems. Work will be performed for the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Systems Division, US Naval Air Warfare Center – Aircraft Department (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River, MD, reports Technology.com.
