April 18, 2024

NAVAIR Gains New Fire Scout Experts in Afghanistan

Fire Scout experts

Maintenance and operations officers from Northrop Grumman recently became government employees.

Boeing Produces the First of the Last Super Hornets

f-18 hornet afterburner

The last batch of F/A-18 E/Fs and EG-18 Growlers begin rolling off the line.

Defense Lobby Warns of Industry-Wide Shutdown

capitol hill

Lobbyists pressure Congress to reverse sequestration cuts.

Where’s the Competition?

Pentagon aerial

The number of new suppliers to the Pentagon fell by 14 percent last year.

BAMS Is Coming Together

BAMS-D Pax River air show

Navy’s surveillance drone demonstrator gets wings and landing gear.

JSF Shows Its Rack(s)

Stealth fighter can ditch its covertness to carry more weapons.

The Fire Scout’s Lessons

Cmdr. Stephens provides lessons learned from drone deployment.

BRAC Gets Death Threat

capitol hill

HASC Chairman Buck McKeon reportedly says he will “kill it.”

Air Force Axes Global Hawk

The Air Force retires the program just as the Navy is starting to test it.

Finally, Good F-35B News

It’s official, the program is off probation and has Pentagon backing.