Acquisition Reform Falls on Program Managers
Increasing accountability in defense acquisition reform will fall hardest on program managers, financial penalties and paygrade drops could be possible.
US to End Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines
Congress is growing more insistent that DoD end its reliance on Russian rocket engines by 2019.
Lasers Shoot Down a UAV at ‘Black Dart’
Lasers features increasingly prominently in military researching seeking radically advanced weapons.
Pax Buys Business Chase Jets
C-38A Couriers, from the Air National Guard will be used in testing at NAS Pax River to chase the P-8A, E-2D, MQ-4C, E-6B, and C-130 for testing.
Compass UAS Participates in Black Dart 2015
DoD’s live-fire, counter-UAS demonstrations at Magu Point included a UAS from Lexington Park, MD headquartered Compass Systems.
Russians Keep $490M US Space Shuttle Contract
Lack of funding ended domestic spacecraft transport to the International Space Station. Since 2011 US crews use Russian spacecraft for transport.
Could the F35C Carry Nuclear Weapons?
Flight Global revives a discussion between scientists and strategists considering where to place today’s nuclear weapons, the F35 was once a consideration.
DoD Applies MAD Nuclear Doctrine to Cyber
The mutually assured destruction (MAD) doctrine deterred nuclear war with equalizing counterstrike capabilities. Now MAD is being applied to cyber risks.
Federal Cuts Would Hit Pax Region Hard
In Lexington Park-California, contractor hubs of the Pax region, federal contracts average $40,095 per employee, 2nd highest in US.
Night Hunter, a Russian Helicopter Crashes
Video shows first the acrobatics then the crash of the gunship at a Russian airshow that killed one crew member and injured a second.
