McCain Keeps Pushing New Acquisition Rules

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Sen. John McCain blasts defense acquisition practices, telling Breaking Defense, of “outrageous overruns” and failures resulting from current, Pentagon acquisition practices, which, Sen. McCain said, are not “reflecting the concerns of the taxpayers of America.

NAVAIR plans to buy eight more RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems, reports IHS Janes 360, noting, an RQ-21A Blackjack system comprises five aircraft and two ground control stations, as well as a pneumatic catapult launcher and a SkyHook recovery system..

MyWay posts an AP finding of a fleet of low-flying surveillance planes operated by the FBI, hidden behind bogus companies and assisting law enforcement across the nation, for decades.

Green Flag West, a large US military exercise running through June 12, will for the first time include the F-35s built for the Air Force in nearly every scenario of the large-scale operations used to get ground troops who pinpoint potential air strikes combat ready, reports Reuters.

The Marines used the unmanned KMAX for resupply operations, and now the cargo helicopter may turn to unmanned evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield, reports Defense Tech.

EPA, Hawaii, and the Navy agreed to better prevent leaks from 20 giant fuel storage tanks near Pearl Harbor, reports Military Times.