A Contentious Week Ahead for DoD on The Hill
Military budgets, military strategies, military industries and military security concerns convene in Congress this week as the Navy’s latest communication satellite orbits overhead.
Joint Chiefs Chair & Vice-chair Face SASC
Gen. Martin Dempsey and Adm. James Winnefeld will field global questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee, but confirmation of second terms for the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Joint Chiefs is expected.
Pentagon Looks to Lose 20 Percent of Its Top Brass
As Defense Sec’y Chuck Hagel warns of continued budget threats to top personnel, the Pentagon readies a consolidated health care program to save $2.4 billion.
Sidewinder Contract Readied and USAF Gets Back in the Air
Legislators wrangle over DoD spending bill amendments, Japan makes waves in the China Seas and a video aboard the first flight of a Hornet.
Americans Rank Military Top Contributor to Society’s Well-being
The Atlas robot reports in to Robotics Challenge, Pax team designed safer flight deck uniforms, international cyber discussions expand but legislatively US cybersecurity looks to weaken.
Full-Scale Drone from Pax Lands on Carrier; Makes History
Landing a fighter jet by computer; fairness in federal salaries, differing definitions of privacy at the Aspen Security Forum and the NSA is open sourcing anti-hacking code.
Pax Tested Poseidons Proving Mettle; NAVAIR Integrating Systems
Details about landing a commercial jet in San Francisco; Pakistan’s bin Laden report; a decline in US deficits and Japan’s growing prominence.
Furloughs Begin Across DoD
US business insists China end commercial cyber-espionage while Estonia warns against trusting US cloud technology and MIT maps your g-mail network.
All-Volunteer Force: ‘Consequential Shift’ in US History
Civilian drone workers looking to organize; India debates foreign defense investment cap; exec salaries ‘deconstructed’; IRS targets more than conservatives; vet employment up; Navy seeks RAD.
Pentagon Downplays JSF Delays, Gate 1 Pass Office Closes Monday
Vice Adm. David Dunaway narrates a YouTube video celebrating the 35th anniversary of the F/A-18.
