April 20, 2024

Morning Coffee: The Cloud Gets Complex for Government

Agencies now faced with different flavors and solutions of cloud computing.

Reaper Operators Get Navy’s Meritorious Unit Award

Team was lead by two NAVAIR officers from Pax River.

NAVAIR Wins Award for Recruitment Efforts

Naval Air Systems Command won a Human Capital Management Defense Award.

An Admiral’s Effort on the Captain’s Skipjack

Vice Adm. David Architzell helps Jack Russell caulk the skipjack the Dee of St. Mary’s.

Morning Coffee: Fire Scout Can’t Shake Reputation

Fire Scout at Pax

Latest Pentagon cost report still says the unmanned helicopter is unreliable as close air support.

Morning Coffee: JSF’s Cost Estimate Jumps 15 Percent

F-35’s lifetime cost estimate now sits at $1.45 trillion.

Wounded Soldier Spearheads NAVAIR’s Security Training

Jason Pierce, wounded in Afghanistan, now manages NAVAIR’s Security Professional Education Development Program.

Morning Coffee: Here Come the Eastern Shore Windmills

Eastern Shore wind energy

Crisfield project scaled back under pressure from Pax River.

NAWCAD’s Linear Planners Seek Disruptive Thinkers

The immediate tasks require real-time actions to resolve outcomes based upon conditions existing a dozen years out.

Morning Coffee: Automatic Defense Cuts Look Likely

capitol hill

Time is running out for Congress to reverse “sequestration” cuts.