Search Continued Overnight for Black Hawk Crew

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The search continued into the night for the 11 crew members presumed dead from Wednesday morning’s crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk on a training mission out of Elgin Air Force base in dense fog, reports USA Today. The weather forced another helicopter to return to base.

The Pentagon wants a BRAC in 2017, but Congress is no more amenable than ever at the notion of closing bases, reports The Hill.

The F-35 sensors aren’t quite right yet, turning in a lot of false alarms, reports Breaking Defense.

Armored and unarmored Humvees, drones, radios, counter-mortar radar, night-vision devices and medical supplies are headed to Ukraine, but no lethal weapons, reports The Hill. Reuters reports that the US is urging Vietnam to stop letting Russia refuel nuclear-capable bombers at a former US base at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.

BAE, DCS, Dynetics, Progeny Systems, Raytheon, Tapestry Solutions, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, and Lockheed Martin all won a piece of NAVAIR’s $99 million for software development, training and fielding of strike planning and execution systems, reports C4ISR and Networks.

Europe’s first unmanned combat air system (UCLAS) flew its 100th flight last month, finishing its testing campaign in France, moving now to Italy and then Sweden for bomb drop tests, reports Aviation Week.

The Washington Post has video of a NASA test launch, using 3.6 million pounds of  thrust. The agency called the test results “fantastic.”

SoMdNews calls on Gov. Hogan to fund the academic and research building at the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center.