Senate Readied to Take Up Defense Policy Bill

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) maneuvers to open Senate consideration of the annual Defense policy bill this week, reports The Hill.

Breaking Defense has video of the F-35Bs the Marines are testing, out of Washington DC and over the Atlantic.

A six-year journey concludes with a SH-3A Sea King helicopter landing at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, reports NAVAIR News.

Locally headquartered, Ausley Associates selected by the FAA to join a team of UAS partners to operate a Center of Excellence. Ausley is the only Lexington Park, MD, firm selected, reports Southern Maryland News Net.

Japan and US reaffirm cyber alliance and release some details, reports The Hill.

Boeing gets NASA’s $4.2 billion, first-ever,  commercial contract for human spaceflight, reports Intelligent Aerospace.

Britain’s Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is slated for a third, and possibly final, round of testing the end of this year, Defense News quotes a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence.

Airbus admits quality control problems in wake of the May 9 crash of aircraft MSN023, killing four and injuring two crew members, reports IHS Janes 360.

Non-aligned Nordic countries express increasing concern with Russian aggression, reports Defense News..