March 28, 2024

White House Sequestration Report Due to Arrive

capitol hill

It’s a week late, but the Obama administration’s report on sequestration spending should come Friday.

F-35 Endures a ‘Very Painful’ Pentagon Review

F-35C JSF formation

Defense Acquisition Board unhappy with testing progress on the fighter’s high-tech helmet display.

White House Misses Sequestration Deadline

Pentagon Capitol

Congress wants a report on how the White House plans to make sequestration defense cuts.

Jacques Gansler: Go Slow on Acquisitions Reform

Jacques Gansler

Former undersecretary of defense for Clinton warns the Pentagon not to repeat past mistakes.

Dem Platform Stands By Defense Cuts

Barack Obama

The Democratic national platform calls for the elimination of “Cold War weapons.”

Pax River JSF Team Takes Fighter Out to the Desert

F-35B JSF air start

For air start testing, the F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) ferried jets from VX-23 to the F-35A testing facility at Edwards AFB.

Pentagon Holds Up JSF Testing Plan

F-35C JSF Pax hangar

The head of Operational Test and Evaluation wants the JSF program to determine how it is going to test the aircraft’s electronics.

Navy Wants to Fly Drones without Chasers

X-47B UCAS-D cruise

The Navy wants FAA approval to fly unmanned aircraft domestically without visual observers.

Sequester Could Bring ‘Devastating Recession’ to Region

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Region gets 20 percent of Federal payroll dollars.

Demand Still Strong for Small Drones

Integrator

The military small UAV market is still booming.