Posted by Java Joe on November 11, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Who will be the next US secretary of defense? Familiar names being floated include Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) and Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL). Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the list and then off in a matter of days.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 26, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Sikorsky has delivered the final VH-92A Patriot presidential helicopter. The air frame is most famously known as Marine One when carrying America’s commander-in-chief. President Joe Biden made the first presidential flight last week aboard one of the new generation of Marine One helicopters.
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Posted by Java Joe on January 8, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Unmanned aerial systems will continue to be one of the most dynamic growth sectors of the world aerospace industry. Recent analysis estimates military UAS research spending is expected to be $71.8 billion over the next decade.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 13, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin has announced the layoff of 176 workers at its Sikorsky division supporting the heavy lift helicopter program at NAS Patuxent River. The layoffs are effective April 27.
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Posted by Java Joe on December 26, 2022 · Leave a Comment
End-of-year Department of Defense contracts awarded in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, region from December 16-December 23, 2022.
Posted by Java Joe on November 21, 2022 · Leave a Comment
A Government Accountability Office report finds that more than two dozen military aircraft fleets — the bulk of the US’s military airpower — haven’t met their annual combat-readiness goals in at least a decade.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 1, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Naval Air Systems Command grounded an undisclosed number of planes last week following the discovery of a problem with a component involved in the pilot ejection process.
Posted by Java Joe on December 14, 2020 · Leave a Comment
GEN Gustave Perna, Operation Warp Speed COO, says the first round of COVID-19 vaccines should start arriving at sites across the nation as early as today, Dec. 13.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment
A new Pentagon task force will investigate reports of unidentified flying objects from service members.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 10, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The US military is considered the world’s premier fighting force, and testing exercises play an important role in sustaining military readiness. A variety of stealthy aircraft participated in a recent exercise Large Force Test Event in Nevada.