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Average Maryland VA Wait is 81 Days

Posted by Java Joe on June 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment

The Maryland average wait time is the fourth-longest for examined VA facilities and is more than five times the VA-defined guideline.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Angels, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, F-35 Lightning II, Marillyn Hewson, RADM Mark Darrah, VA

Sensitive F-35 Documents Intercepted

Posted by Java Joe on January 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment

F-35 transonic

Contractor charged with attempting to ship thousands of pages of sensitive documents to Iran relating to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s engine.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 3D printer, Aegis, BAE Systems, diversity, dress uniforms, E-2C Hawkeye, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, espionage, F-35 joint strike fighter, Iran, Lockheed Martin, Pax River coat drive, Raytheon, recruiting, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation

Pentagon: BRAC Is Back for Fiscal 2014

Posted by Editor on February 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Pentagon Capitol

Another round of base closure will be proposed in the fiscal 2014 Pentagon budget request March 25.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags BRAC, budget, Chuck Hagel, contracts, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, F-35B, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pax River, Pentagon, sequestration

White House Again Says No to Layoff Notices

Posted by Editor on October 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment

pink slip

Another directive tells contractors not to issue layoff warnings ahead of sequestration.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags China, contracts, drones, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, L-3 Communications, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, Rolls Royce, sequestration, UAV, V-22 Osprey, White House

Report: Fire Scout Not Meeting 30-Hour Reliability

Posted by Editor on May 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Fire Scout on deck

Report also notes that the P-8A Poseidon program is eight weeks behind schedule.

Category Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags DT&E report, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, Ed Greer, Fire Scout, MQ-8B, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, P-8A Poseidon, Pax River, Pentagon, testing

Drones Flights Expanding?

Posted by Editor on February 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

FAA bill now in Congress could speed adoption of domestic drone flights.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BRAC, China, drones, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, F-35B, FAA, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, KMAX, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pax River, sequestration, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, UAV