Posted by Editor on July 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Job reductions hit the sensor unit, including 75 in the DC area, as defense giant tightens up.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Jonathan Greenert, biofuel, Congress, drones, F-35, Fire Scout, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, layoffs, Lockheed Martin, P-8A Poseidon, subcontractors, UAV, White House
Posted by Editor on July 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Four unmanned helicopters set record for the most Fire Scouts deployed at one time.
Posted by Editor on June 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed says some machinists have returned to work at the Joint Strike Fighter plant.
Category Morning Coffee, Pax River News · Tags AV-8B Harrier, budget, Congress, F-35, Fire Scout, Homeland Security, India, International Association of Machinists, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Pentagon, Scan Eagle, sequestration, Super Hornet, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Editor on May 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rep. Atkin wants to withhold half of the F-35’s procurement spending unless the program issues a due date for operational capability.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Congress, contracts, F-35, Fire Scout, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, sequestration, Vice Adm. David Venlet
Posted by Editor on May 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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
Posted by Editor on April 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The bill is now $4 billion over the Pentagon’s request and $8 billion over what is permitted by the Budget Control Act.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAMS, budget, Congress, contracts, F-35B, Fire Scout, Global Hawk, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, sequestration, Sikorsky
Posted by Editor on April 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
NAVAIR contracts Northrop to produce two MQ-8Cs, which are based on a larger airframe.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Congress, contracts, drones, Fire Scout, ISR, Lockheed Martin, MQ-8C, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, PTSD, Rolls Royce, sequestration, UAV, V-22 Osprey, Veterans Affairs
Posted by Editor on April 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
It may have trouble landing at times, but the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter can apparently float until fished out of the water.
Category Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags Capt. Patrick Smith, Fire Scout, MQ-8B, MQ-8C, Navy League, PEO(U&W), PMA-266, Rear Adm. Bill Shannon, Sea-Air-Space, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
Posted by Editor on April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Statement says the incidents were unrelated.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, China, Combat Dragon, Congress, Embraer, F-35, Fire Scout, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Pentagon
Posted by Editor on April 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Fire Scout program is on an “operational pause” after crashes on March 30 and April 6.