March 29, 2024

X-47B UCAS Completes Testing

The Navy’s X-47B UCAS completed its final test aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and returned to its home base at NAS Pax River after eight days at sea.

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DoD Plans Overhead Cuts

Contractors

Potential DoD cuts include the Office of the Secretary of Defense and 16 defense agencies which account for about 20 percent of the overall defense budget.

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Defense Contractors “Shrinking”

The number of employees at the five largest US defense contractors dropped 14 percent from a peak in 2008, and 10 percent over the past decade.

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DoD Cybersecurity Improvements on Tap

Restructuring DISA will create a more comprehensive cybersecurity defense strategy and secure the DoD information network (DoDIN).

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MQ-4C Tritons Coming to PAX

MQ-4C Triton UAS’s will fly cross-country to NAS Pax River this fall after completing testing in California.

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UCLASS RFP Release Imminent

X-47B UCAS-D on USS Truman

NAVAIR says the UCLASS RFP will be released after a final senior DoD review and approval scheduled to occur over the next three weeks.

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Canada Wavering on F-35 Buy

If Canada doesn’t join the F-35 JSF program it may negatively affect the long-term affordability of the F-35 for all participants.

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X-47B UCAS Flies With F/A-18E

x-47b UCAS-D on USS Truman

In a historic first, an unmanned X-47B UCAS both took off and landed alongside a manned aircraft, an F/A-18E Super Hornet.

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Mikulski Pressured on Wind Farm

wind turbine farm

Maryland lawmakers, environmental groups and wind energy advocates want Senator Mikulski to remove spending bill language that would delay the wind farm.

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Procurement Reform Reignites Conflict

DoD Fails Audit

Earlier testing may catch problems before money is wasted but the idea sparked old conflicts between the procurement shop and the testing office.

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