What’s Next for Federal Contractors?
As the clock ticks down to the end of the Obama era federal contractors are wondering what’s next?
What High-Tech Helmet Brings to Fleet
The advancements featured in the F-35’s Generation III helmet also have been undergoing testing while the F-35 Lightning II is in its shipboard phase on the USS America. The helmet’s ground-breaking technology equips the pilot with mission-critical information on the helmet’s visor, among other features.
F-35 JSF Has Friends in High Places
The chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and 70 House members are calling for an agreement with the Senate to pay for 11 new F-35s, while at the same time adding $100 million to help the Air Force fund advance procurement for 2018.
Can NSA & CYBERCOM Divorce?
Discussion of separating the NSA and Cyber Command includes severing the ‘dual-hat’ leadership. Questions remain about what CYBERCOM would look like as an independent organization.
Military Wants to Keep Eye on Small UAS
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA — wants the capability to track and identify low-flying drones, as it can with planes and other unmanned aerial systems. Systems are being developed to track UAS flying below 1,000 feet. That would be the military equivalent of the air traffic control system.
VX-1: Squadron That ‘Does It First’
The Air Test and Evaluation Squadron works between development of new weapon systems and their introduction into the Fleet, VX-1 is the squadron that “does it first.”
Confrontations Escalate in Persian Gulf
Iran escalates confrontations with US warships in the Persian Gulf.
F-35 to Challenge A-10 in Close Air Support
It is not unprecedented for a proven aircraft to compete against a new aircraft during test and evaluation, says the DOT&E chief.
Dunaway Spreads the Word: Open Architecture
VADM Dunaway makes no secret about NAVAIR’s goal of bringing more work in-house and using open architecture.
AUV Finds Battleship Musashi 70 Years Later
Sunk Oct. 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea, Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen found the Musashi using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
