Navy to Match Unmanned Tech to Existing Platforms
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RADM Robert Girrier, the first director of unmanned weapons systems, called for data from the fleet on where the technology and gear is needed. The Navy plans to match new payloads with existing frames and platforms to speed-up deployment once the new technologies are developed, reports Military.com.
An F-35 testing out of Pax rattles New Jersey with sonic booms, reports New Jersey 101.5.
It’s a win for the Army and Air Force, but the Navy and Marine Corps just lost six weeks of maternity leave, down from the 18 weeks NavSec Ray Mabus instituted in August, but doubling the six weeks previously allocated for the Army and Air Force. DefSec Ash Carter acknowledged the Navy’s loss, but sought uniformity across the forces, reports Military.com.
They did it again, a Russian bomber reportedly violates Turkey’s airspace, says The Aviationist, for the second time in three months. As with the November incident, warnings were issued and ignored. The difference, this time, the Russian jet wasn’t shot down.
Disciplinary or administrative action is recommended for crew involved with the May 2015 crash of an Osprey helicopter that took two Marines’ lives, reports Military.com. Two of the officers recommended for action are still leading units.
Wal-Mart’s closure of 154 stores will leave some towns without a grocery store, reports Bloomberg
US continues “to challenge excessive maritime claims of parties that claim the Paracel Islands,” a DoD spokesman describes a US missile destroyer’s sail by last week, within 12 nautical miles of Triton, a Beijing-controlled islands in the China Sea, which the US views as international waters. China, Vietnam, and Taiwan have overlapping claims to the Paracel Islands, reports the New York Times.
Senator John McCain and House Rep. Randy Forbes praise the new Navy challenge to China in Paracel Islands, reports Breaking Defense.
Stocks spiked across the globe late last week as the Bank of Japan’s rate went negative, reports Reuters, .
This year’s report from the Doomsday Clock: the world is more dangerous than during Cold War, The Hill reports, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the clock now sits at 3 minutes until midnight.
US boosts the study of Zika and a birth defect link, as the virus is predicted to be spread by mosquitoes within the United States during warmer months, reports Reuters.com.
The Congressionally mandated task force studying the nation’s overcrowded and costly federal prison system calls for major changes that could reduce the federal prison population by 60,000, reports The Hill.
