Posted by Publisher on July 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Pentagon officials search for other budget savings to reduce the number of furlough days. The loss of a full workforce on both Mondays and Fridays is harming productivity.
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Posted by Publisher on July 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As commercial operations get certification to begin working with drones in vacant airspace a Pax River team develops the inter-communications technology for real-time data sharing across multiple platforms.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aberdeen Proving Ground, China, cybersecurity, energy efficiency, FAA, Great Barrier Reef, JLENS, JSF testing at Edwards, NGA maps, UAS, USS Guardian, Utah Test and Training Range
Posted by Publisher on July 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
While the large contractors are holding their own, the DoD budget struggles across the floor of the House.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Aberdeen Proving Ground, Afghanistan, airship radar system, civilian furlough, F-16 Egypt, federal furlough, military pay raise, National Capital Region, Northern Command, NSA, Q2 defense earnings, Raytheon AIM-9X missile, RFP, Sidewinder
Posted by Steny Hoyer on July 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Amendments on NSA email surveillance, arms to Syria and the US role in Egypt are among those approved for consideration as the House tackles the DoD budget bill.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Barrack Obama, Democrats, DoD budget, emailsurveillance, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Joint Chiefs of Staff, NAS:Pax River, NSA, Russian helicopters, second quarter earnings, Steny Hoyer, Syrian rebels, UCAS-D
Posted by Publisher on July 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Republican leadership struggles to keep spending bill on track with NSA surveillance funds intact and without restrictions regarding actions in Egypt or Syria.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Chuck Hagel, court martial, Deer Train CO, drones, Edward Snowden, Egypt, epcot center, Google, layoffs, Maryland unemployment, MiGs, MQ-8 Fire Scout, NSA surveillance, sequestration unemployment, Syria, Syrian rebels, TSA Inc, UAS, unmanned aerial system', Virginia unemployment
Posted by Publisher on July 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Military budgets, military strategies, military industries and military security concerns convene in Congress this week as the Navy’s latest communication satellite orbits overhead.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Ashton Carter, Aspen Security Summit, BAE, Canada, Canada helicopters, Carl Levin, cyber-espionage, Defense Appripriations bill, DoD FY14, Drealiner, federal health care insurance, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Huawei, Isreal deplys missile, John McCain, Navy communications satellite, Navy jammer, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, sequestration, Sikorsky
Posted by Publisher on July 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aspen Security Forum, drone crashes florida, Edward Snowden, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, F-35, Flexible work schedule, furlough, jong cheifs, Missile Defense, N.Korean ship, nextgen intranet, NSA, Panama Canal, UCLASS, X-47B
Posted by Publisher on July 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Computer Sciences Corp., Defense Health Agency, drone, France, hagel, Harris Corp, Hewlett-Packard, military sexual assault, NAS:PaxRiver, NSA, Panama Canal, Pentagon budget, Pentagon cuts, X-47B
Posted by Publisher on July 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Legislators wrangle over DoD spending bill amendments, Japan makes waves in the China Seas and a video aboard the first flight of a Hornet.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 9-digit ZIP, Air Force, cloud infrastructure, F-18 Hornet, F-35, Horner, Justin Amash, machine learning, NSA, Sidewinder, smartphones, U.S. Small Business Administration, USS Wasp, vacuum tube travel
Posted by Publisher on July 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags air-sea battle office, Atlas robot, China, china-us, cybersecurity legislation, cyberspace, DARPA, Egypt, F-35, Facebook, fighter jets to egypt, flight deck uniform, Homeland Security Director, IRS targeting, Janet Napolitano, Japan, PAX River:NAS, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Syrian war, UCAS, US Air Force, US Navy
