May 18, 2024

Marine F/A-18 Hornet Crashes at NAS Fallon

FA-18 C

Pilot successfully ejects from aircraft.

Pentagon Holds Up JSF Testing Plan

F-35C JSF Pax hangar

The head of Operational Test and Evaluation wants the JSF program to determine how it is going to test the aircraft’s electronics.

Pentagon Creates Acquisitions ‘Fast Lane’

tigershark uav

Warfighter Senior Integration Group will replace the Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell for quick turnaround projects.

Government Workers Could Face the First Job Cuts

pink slip

Sequestration is likely to cost DoD jobs before it impacts contractors, analysts say.

Navy Wants to Fly Drones without Chasers

X-47B UCAS-D cruise

The Navy wants FAA approval to fly unmanned aircraft domestically without visual observers.

Maryland in Top 5 States to Lose under Defense Cuts

job cut scissors

Center for Security Policy says Maryland stands to lose $1.4 to $2.8 billion under sequestration defense cuts.

Blazer Wins Webster Field Construction Contract

Webster Field drones

Great Mills construction firm will construct $1.6 million unmanned aircraft facility.

Surge in Cancelled Contracts Gives a Preview of Sequester

budget axe

The federal government terminated 13,579 contracts ($2.15 billion) last fiscal year.

Morgan Talks Museum, FDR, Drones and Defense Cuts

Commissioner Todd Morgan recently went on television to talk about issues affecting the Eighth District.

UCLASS Could Be Approved By Fall

Potential Boeing UCLASS

The Navy expects that its requirements for the unmanned carrier-launched surveillance strike program to be approved by early fall.