Pilots Surveyed Like the F-35 Best
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A Defense News video interview with Heritage Foundation defense expert John Venable reports from a survey about what do the pilots think of the F-35? They like it.
The Air Force and Congress will continue sparring over retiring the A-10 Warthog. Flight Global reports, the FY17 National Defense Authorization Act prohibits the A-10 divestment.
The Navy agrees to the first UAS international sale of RQ-21A Blackjacks for delivery to Canada in 2017, reports Defense Systems. No dollar amount announced, but in July 2015 the Navy and Marines agreed to a $78 million contract with Insitu for six of the Blackjack systems. The Marines eventually plan to have 32 of the systems, the Navy 25.
A Russian fighter aircraft came within 10 feet of a Navy P-8 Poseidon Wednesday, reports the Washington Examiner, the latest of a series of dangerous and unprofessional intercepts between US and Russian ships and planes.
Amazon Web Services, without any prior government contracting background, took the time and risk that traditional government contractors seek to avoid, and cornered the government cloud computing market, reports FCW, and the cloud is just the latest failure of contractors to take advantage of Internet opportunities.
A new congressional report provides details of the cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management, one of the worst-ever cyber attacks on the US, and spells out missed opportunities to stop cyber breaches, reports The Seattle Times.
Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Science Applications International Corp., Leidos Inc., and Deloitte Consulting won the Navy’s five spots on a five-year contract worth up to $155.8 million to support the Joint Staff J6 Directorate’s C4/Cyber Program, reports Defense Systems.
Bloomberg News reports America’s new nuclear armed missile could cost $85 billion.
Astronaut Jeff Williams returns from the International Space Station. At 534 days, he has spent more time in space than any other American. NBC has video of his safe return landing.
