Posted by Java Joe on September 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The final RFP for the Navy’s planned UCLASS aircraft was delayed pending an autumn review of their information, surveillance and reconnaissance portfolio.
Posted by Java Joe on September 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Navy’s X-47B UCAS completed its final test aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and returned to its home base at NAS Pax River after eight days at sea.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Atlantic Test Range, Boeing, domestic violence, F-22, F-35C Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18 Super Hornet, F/A-XX, F135, Lockheed Martin, military pay, NAVAIR, Pratt & Whitney, UCAS, Victor Gavin, X-47B
Posted by Java Joe on July 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Ms. Broitman’s position serves as a principal, and vital, contact between the DoD and defense contracting industry leaders.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Bennett Croswell, Elana Broitman, F-35, F-35 Gen III Helmet, F135, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, NETCENTS-2, Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, Rusian navy, smart weapons market, tuition assistance
Posted by Java Joe on July 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
More than 230 American defense contractors were at the Farnborough International Airshow along with a large contingent of top US government officials.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Chinese hackers, defense contractors, F-35, GE, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon, Rolls Royce, UAVs, X-32A, X-32B
Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Sequestration cuts and the scheduled end of some major weapon acquisitions could damage the defense industrial base.
Posted by Java Joe on January 23, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“The future of unmanned systems . . . is focused on incorporating people on manned platforms with unmanned systems to create an integrated force.”
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags drones, eBenefits, F-35, Gen 3 helmet, Lockheed Martin, Mach 39, Pratt & Whitney, Ray Mabus, SecNav, Secretary of the Navy, Sochi Olympics, speed skating, unmanned systems, VA, Yemen
Posted by Editor on February 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Budget cuts threaten upcoming shows by the Navy’s flying demonstration team.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Angels, budget, Congress, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, NAVAIR, Naval Test Wing Atlantic, NAWCAD, Pentagon, Pratt & Whitney, sequestration, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Editor on January 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Marine version of the Joint Strike Fighter was grounded by a faulty fueldraulic line.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, F-35B, Ft. Meade, furloughs, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Pentagon, Pratt & Whitney, sequestration, U.S. Cyber Command
Posted by Editor on September 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Pentagon frustration mounts as sequestration cuts remain unresolved.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aviation Systems Engineering Co., BAE Systems, Boeing, Capt. Leon Bacon, China, Congress, F-35C, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Leon Panetta, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, PMA-273, Pratt & Whitney, SAIC, sequestration
Posted by Editor on July 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The MH-53E aircraft was part of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Congress, Defense Appropriations Bill, drones, GPS, Harpoon missile, Lockheed Martin, Mantech, MH-53E, Pratt & Whitney, Sea Dragon, sequestration, UAV