Navy UCLASS Plans Disrupted by Congress
“Drones have disrupted the military’s usual way of doing things. And there’s a lot of pressure to get this program right.”
F-35 Completes Flight Test Milestones
Stealthy fighter successful in three separate flight tests including air-to-air combat capability.
Unmanned “Automated,” Emphasizes DBED
UAS doesn’t only mean “aircraft” systems, Sec’y Murray tells government. Industry and academic leaders leverage the region’s brain-trust and a UMd research/incubator to go farther.
Girls Soar at STEM-ING Event
You can never have too much fun learning about science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
International F-35 Buys a Program Breakthrough
Recent F-35 commitments by Australia and Turkey and expected orders from South Korea and Singapore are seen by analysts as major upturn for the program.
Morning Coffee: UCLASS RFP Details and Analysis
The draft RFP is designed to generate industry input on design, development, construction and deployment.
Education is NAVAIR’s Life Blood
Sharing some knowledge across industry and military will enhance the region’s educational network already supporting the STEM programming NAVAIR needs, says VADM Dunaway.
Making a More Coordinated Business of NAVAIR
Each discipline of NAVAIR “has been brought up individually… (not) in coordination with each other…We’re going to take a real hard pull on trying to make our business systems connect,” says Dunaway.
NAVAIR Comptroller: ‘It Could Have Been Worse’
As the FY15 DoD budget shakes out, the Navy’s rallying cry has become, ‘It could have been worse’ followed by a warning cry ‘It isn’t over yet.’
Military Budgeting to Reallocate Industry’s 87%
“It’s going to be real important to get control of things within the United States government that we have been abdicating out to large industry,” says VADM Dunaway describing basic budget guidance.
