Posted by Java Joe on December 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Funding restrictions for the planned Navy UCLASS program are specified in the 2015 compromise defense bill over design and mission concerns.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 NDAA, cloud procurement, EA-18G Growler, F/A-18, MH-60R, MQ-8C Fire Scout, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Sen. Tim Kaine, UCLASS, USS Gerald Ford
Posted by Java Joe on November 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Mr. Hagel wants a new round of military base closures (BRAC) and to limit troop benefits to give the DoD flexibility in addressing its budget problems.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Air Test and Evaluation Squadron, BRAC, Chuck Hagel, defense budget, F-35, hovercraft, K-MAX, Kamen, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, MH-60S, MQ-1 Predator, Ray Mabus, sequestration, Sikorsky Aircraft, USS Nimitz
Posted by Java Joe on June 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Drone flight hours have tripled in shared US airspace since 2011 and the ongoing expansion of DoD drone flights will transform American aviation.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Cyber Command, defense contractors, drones, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, F-35 joint strike fighter, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, MQ-4C Triton, Northrop Grumman, P-8A Poseidon
Posted by Java Joe on April 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Continued personnel reductions across the military, 17 fewer F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and six fewer P-8A aircraft define the FY16 budget.
Posted by Java Joe on March 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Military personnel spending may drop to 2008 levels as DOD cuts back from steep wartime expenditures under the 2015 budget request released Tuesday.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 budget, Boeing, F-35C, Global Hawk, LCS, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, MQ-8C Fire Scout, P-8A Poseidon, Raytheon, U-2
Posted by Editor on January 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The DOT&E reports finds Fire Scout, MH-60 and MV-22 programs making progress this year, despite hiccups.
Posted by Editor on June 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Union votes to go back to work on the Joint Strike Fighter Monday.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bell-Boeing, Congress, contracts, F-35, Goodrich, International Association of Machinists, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, NAVAIR, sequestration, UCLASS, V-22 Osprey, White House
Posted by Editor on April 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
NAVAIR awards Lockheed with $1 billion Seahawk helicopter update contract.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, China, contracts, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, MH-60R, MH-60S, NAVAIR, Pentagon, RQ-7B Shadow, Seahawk, UAV
Posted by Editor on December 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Contracts solicited and awarded for the tilt-rotor aircraft.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Bell-Boeing, CV-22 Osprey, H-1, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, MV-22 Osprey, NAS Pensicola, NAVAIR, NAWCAD, Raytheon