April 24, 2024

Dem Platform Stands By Defense Cuts

Barack Obama

The Democratic national platform calls for the elimination of “Cold War weapons.”

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.

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.

Blazer Wins Webster Field Construction Contract

Webster Field drones

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

V-22 Crash Pilots Face Discipline Hearing

v-22 osprey landing

Pilot error and a strong tailwind are blamed for this year’s Morocco crash.

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.

Sequester Could Bring ‘Devastating Recession’ to Region

capitol hill

Region gets 20 percent of Federal payroll dollars.

Osprey Lands on Third Aircraft Carrier

v-22 osprey on carrier

The V-22 Osprey landed for the first time on USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on July 19.

Rear Adm. Jaynes Gets a New Job

Rear Adm. Cindy "CJ" Jaynes pinning

Rear Adm. Cindy L. Jaynes will be assigned as commander of Fleet Readiness Centers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

Pentagon Abandons BRAC Plans for Now

Pentagon aerial

DoD will pursue overseas base closures instead.