Marines’ Future Warfare Looks Like Science Fiction
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As the Marine Corps expands its cyber warfare and information warfare communities and looks for opportunities to embrace cutting-edge technologies, Military.com says, the lines between science fiction and future warfare quickly blur.
CNO ADM John Richardson wants future warships to possess built-in cyber and electronic warfare systems, reports Breaking Defense.
The State Department inspector general calls almost 70 percent of U.S. Embassies’ IT contingency plans deficient, reports Federal Times.
NAS Patuxent River reported a chemical reaction within a container in a locker that blew the doors open in Building 2188 late last week. There were no injuries, atmospheric samples were taken by NAS Pax River Fire and the incident is under investigation, reports the public information office of the Naval Air Station.
CNN says the increased maturity of the JSF aircraft is shown in the rate of its increasing flight hours, the first flight hour achieved by an F-35B took place in June 1, 2008 and the 25,000 flight hour milestone six and a half years later in December 2014. The second 25,000 flight hours were reached only one year and two months later.
Despite Congressional skepticism and embarrassing mishaps, Navy Commander VADM Joseph Aucoin says the Littoral Combat Ship is “dearly needed” in The Pacific, reports Defense News.
Last year’s runaway blimp from the Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground should have deflated after a series of malfunctions that instead, ultimately, cut its tether, reports the LA Times. The deflation device failed because backup batteries were not installed.
Experienced, higher-compensated staff are facing layoffs as Big Banks strive to reduce costs to generate profit as regulations out of the global financial crisis take hold, reports Bloomberg.
During the Pope’s visit to Mexico he decries “a society of the few for the few,” reports Reuters.
Deadly airstrikes hit hospitals and school in northern Syria, reports AP.
Northrop Grumman Corp., Bethpage, New York, is being awarded $9,272,555 for ceiling-priced delivery order 7492 under previously awarded basic ordering agreement N00383-12-G-034G for eight line items of repair for the Advanced Electronic Attack System used in support of the EA-18G aircraft. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Maryland (58 percent); Crane, Indiana (25 percent); and Bethpage, New York (17 percent). Work is expected to be completed by February 2017. Working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $4,543,552 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole-source pursuant to the authority set forth in 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) and Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.320-1. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity.
