June 4, 2026

DHS Testing Employee Phishing Smarts

Homeland Security employees are getting extra scrutiny to see if they are able to spot and reject phishing attempts.

Acquisition Reform Falls on Program Managers

acquisition reform

Increasing accountability in defense acquisition reform will fall hardest on program managers, financial penalties and paygrade drops could be possible.

China Builds on Reefs in the South China Sea

China turns previously submerged coral reefs in the Spratlys archipelago into artificial islands complete with buildings, runways and wharves.

Doing Business with NASA

April 8 – Glenn Delgado of NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs, presents Doing Business with NASA , 11:30 am – 1 pm in Lexington Park, MD.

MQ-1 Predator Lost in NW Syria

US military personnel lost control of an MQ-1 Predator above northwest Syria; NATO sends six ships to maneuvers in the Black Sea.

The F/A-18 Hornets Will Not Retire

VADM Mike Shoemaker, head of Naval Air Forces, said the F/A-18 Hornets will continue to be upgraded and remain in service until the F-35C comes on line.

Extreme Weather Tests JSF

An F-35B from Pax Integrated Test Force withstood extreme weather testing in the climactic lab at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

Mikulski Optimistic on Avoiding Shutdown

Senator Mikulski believes that Congress can pass a stopgap spending measure by this weekend and avoid an October 1 government shutdown.

Quarter-Million in Uniform Overseas for the Holidays

Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey reminds Americans of the hundreds of thousands of service members and civilians workers who do not take holidays off from the job of keeping us safe.

The F-35 Boosts Into the Social Media

F-35C JSF formation

Despite escalating costs, the F-35 remains top priority to a military facing a shrinking pool of qualified engineers and a shrinking budget.