CH-53K Could Get Shorter Test Schedule
NAVAIR is considering a shorter test schedule for its Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter program in an effort to save money.
Hypoxia Incidents Under Review by F-35 Team
The F-35 Joint Program Office team is reviewing the apparent hypoxia incidents that recently occurred with pilots at Luke Air Force Base. JPO experts say they will share whatever information they glean across the F-35 enterprise and with partner nations.
Is Trump’s F-35 a Mistake or Deal Maker?
Industry analysts are trying to calibrate the F-35’s future from Trump’s F-35 tweets that it’s cost is ‘out of control’ and word of a multi-year block buy if Lockheed does not protest a buy of F/A-18s from Boeing.
What Would a Bigger Navy Fleet Look Like?
Everyone wants a bigger Navy fleet, but no one knows what that means in terms of submarines, carriers, planes, or anything else.
Trump Finds Opposition to Foreign Aid Cuts
Now is not the time to slash US foreign aid, more than 120 retired generals and admirals said in a letter to lawmakers, while citing past comments from DefSec James Mattis to buttress their case. Mattis said while commander of US Central Command, “If you don’t fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition.”
Though Under Scrutiny, F-35 Here to Stay
Although Trump assailed the F-35’s cost, officials say only a modest order by the US Navy is really in question.
Mayport Lands East Coast Drone Hub
Naval Station Mayport in Florida was selected to house the Navy’s new squadron of unmanned aerial surveillance Triton drones. Mayport in Jacksonville was chosen as the drone hub from three finalists. The other two were NAS Key West and NASA Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.
Flynn Resigns; GOP Reluctant to Investigate
Senate Republicans may not want an investigation of Flynn’s ties between Russia and Trump’s team, but the topic is unlikely to go away.
Trump’s Military Vision: (Mostly) Republican
On election eve, the then-presidential nominee described a President Trump’s military — which would be larger.
MD Fracking Rules Proposed
Maryland’s fracking ban expires in October 2017, legislative opponents will try to prohibit the practice altogether before the ban expires, but the Maryland Department of the Environment has rolled out fracking regs which would ban drilling in three watersheds in Western Maryland and require extensive safeguards around drilling sites.
