March 19, 2024

Air Force & Navy Search for New High-Tech Fighter Aircraft

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Both the Air Force and Navy are each developing a new high-tech fighter aircraft, but details are secret and approaches to the need vary. Likely the answer will be a system not a single aircraft.

Senate Committee Seeks Cyberspace Office at State

Following former SecState Rex Tillerson’s streamlining the agency, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee seeks to reestablish a cyberspace office at State Department.

Semper Fi, But Not With A Smart Phone

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Smart phone technology is great, but not when you’re hiding from the enemy on a battlefield.

‘Open Mic’ for Defense Spending

The House Armed Services Committee invites any congressman to testify Tuesday on what the defense policy bill for FY16 should include.

Morning Coffee: Nuclear Cheating Expands to Navy

Adm. John Richardson, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, said of 16,000 sailors in the program, less than one percent are involved, and no students.

Advanced Super Hornet Demo Debuts

The Hornet succeeds in the air, while on land the Air Force, Army and DIS enter a cooperative information sharing agreement while the Army and Navy discuss who will operate the Super Pond at Aberdeen.

Sidewinder Contract Readied and USAF Gets Back in the Air

Legislators wrangle over DoD spending bill amendments, Japan makes waves in the China Seas and a video aboard the first flight of a Hornet.

Budget Hawks Call for Pentagon Spending Cuts

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Conservative members want non-defense items stripped from budget.

MD Could Lose 36K Jobs

Defense industry says state would be in top ten budget cut losers.

Air Force Mechanics Get First Training on Navy JSF

U.S. Air Force maintainers are getting hands-on experience with the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter here at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.