Posted by Publisher on June 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Sexual assault, procurement, the JSF’s future and more details of DoD’s out years emerge as Senate finalizes its defense authorization bill this week.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags China, CIA, CIA arm Syria, Defense Authorization Bill, Google Project Loon, JSF, look and shoot helmets, nontheistic chaplains, NSA PRISM, P-8A Poseidon, Pakistan, repository for brain tissue, senate defense bill, stealth bombers, Syria rebels, Taiwan, traumatic brain injuries, UN
Posted by Editor on May 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As the JSF helmet gets night-vision, the White House and Congress argue over who shall control the drone program.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags army procurement, Australia, Boening, China, China drone, Chuck Hagel, deny use of space, digital manufacturing, drone, grand budget deal, Hornet, iran drone, Iran's stealth drone, iranian drone, John Kerry, JSF, Kendall, lightweight metals manufacturing, night-vision helmet, open data standards, supply chain security, teaming agreements
Also down: Pentagon contracts and government cybersecurity salaries.
Posted by Editor on May 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A bevy of reports released late last week provide some hopeful budget news for Pax River, but military and cyber warnings from almost everywhere else.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget cuts, China, china south sea, convert furlough to vacation pay, DOD smart phones, energy savings, F-35, furlough reimbursement, hagel, hammond, JSF, mabus, N. Korea, North Korea, Pentagon budget, Senate Armed Services Committee, sequestration, SWOT analysis
Observers surprised at China’s speed, legislators crave drone jobs for constituents.
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on April 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Significant reduction to UAV funding is expected even as investment is encouraged in “thrust” areas
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on April 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Defense contracting giant’s Tuesday earnings report showed expected sequester impact.
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on April 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Systems agency will scrutinize vendors’ cloud capabilities; cyber and sequester preoccupy Congress, defense officials
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on April 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Legislation would give execs ability to keep some employees on the job during sequestration trimming.