March 28, 2024

Behold Lockheed’s Sea Ghost

Sea Ghost

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The Northrop Grumman X-47B is scheduled to catapult off a carrier next month, Reuters reports. FlightGlobal reports that Lockheed has unveiled a competitor, the Sea Ghost.

Sea Ghost

Courtesy of Lockheed Martin

The Pentagon plans to ask for $526.6 billion in its 2014 budget. Time calls it “dead on arrival.”

Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos says the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition program is “constipated,” according to AOL Defense. CNO Adm. Jonathan Greenert says the Navy is sticking with the F-35C, despite its tailhook problems, Navy Times reports.

Boeing has begun test flights of an upgraded F/A-18 Hornet to offer as an alternative to the JSF, Defense Tech reports. FlightGlobal expects a demonstration later this summer.

Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Pax River wins the Navy’s Personal Excellence Partnership Award.

Defence Talk examines the legal issues surrounding domestic drone flights. Politico says drones suffer from an image problem.

Lockheed Martin gets s $13.5 million NAVAIR order for the implementation, integration and testing of MH-60R data link/data fusion enhancements to existing MH-60R capabilities as a software modification.

Federal retirements are outpacing the government’s predictions, FCW reports.

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