Rear Adm. Randy Mahr Takes Deputy Position with JSF
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Rear Adm. Randy Mahr
Rear Adm. Randy Mahr, head of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and assistant commander for research and engineering at Naval Air Systems Command at Naval Air Station Patuxent River will be assigned as deputy director of the Joint Strike Fighter Program in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Acquisitions in Arlington, Va. Meanwhile, the Pentagon opens up competition for maintenance of the F-35, according to Aviation Week. Time examines the trend of technology bloat in in the F-22 and F-35.
Lockheed will not be issuing layoff notices this year, Aviation Week reports, and the Republicans are not happy about it, Defense News reports. Deloitte says foreign military sales won’t save the defense industry from a downturn, AOL Defense reports.
CNN reports on the arms race in the field of unmanned vehicles.
Contractor money is targeting Congressional races, not the presidential contest, Defense News reports. Not surprisingly, sequestration is now a hot topic on the campaign trail, The Hill reports.
