Shipboard Laser Weapons Advance
Shipboard laser weapons move closer to deployment after recent successful testing but the system is still in the experimental phase.
UCLASS Funding Restricted
Funding restrictions for the planned Navy UCLASS program are specified in the 2015 compromise defense bill over design and mission concerns.
NDAA Deal Reduces Benefits
The pay and benefits cuts were backed by both the DoD and White House in an effort to slow the growth of personnel costs.
Ashton Carter Picked As Next DefSec
Ashton Carter tabbed as the next DefSec but the choice will not be immediately announced because the vetting process is not complete.
Pentagon Pushes Work to Succeed Chuck Hagel
The Pentagon is making its preference known for the next Secretary of Defense.
Array of DoD Needs Face a Lame Duck Congress
From a new secretary of defense to cybersecurity, a lame duck congress promises little advancement in the time left in this term.
Who Will Take Hagel’s Job?
First Jack Reed, now Michèle Flournoy say they don’t wish to be considered for Secretary of Defense, leaving Deputy Defense Minister Bob Work and his predecessor, Ash Carter still in the running.
Hagel’s Out – Might a Marine Be In?
In addition to front runners Michele Flournoy and Ashton Carter for DefSec, another name floating is Robert Work, USMC Colonel (Ret) and former Navy undersecretary.
F-35 Scores Big Buy & Big Success
Superlative F-35 results from sea tests with the USS Nimitz precede a DoD award to Lockheed for 43 more JSFs for the US & 5 more countries.
Maryland UAS Test Site Gets FAA Clearance
The University of Maryland’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site in California, MD received a Certificate of from the FAA to fly the Talon 240 UAV.
