By Steven Aftergood Aug.11, 2015 The environmental impacts of military operations are increasingly becoming factors in the planning and execution of military activities. “The military has a new appreciation for the interdependence between military missions, the global community, and the environment,” according to a newly revised and reissued Army doctrinal manual. See Environmental Considerations, ATP […]
By John Holland August 19, 2015 Predictions of doom bounced around City Hall in the summer of 2005 and landed on the front page in bold, desperate headlines. People were scared, and for good reason. Oceana Naval Air Station and its 12,000 jobs were on the Defense Department’s critical list, threatened with closure in large […]
By: JAMES DREW Aug 5, 2015 Lockheed Martin has received $431 million for special tooling and test equipment to support the ramp up of F-35 production over the coming years. The hefty sum was awarded as a modification to the current Lot 8 production contract, and comes as Lockheed and the Pentagon negotiate the purchase […]
By Richard Tomkins Aug. 20, 2015 SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 (UPI) — Cubic Global Defense is to produce and enhance the Air Combat Training System in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the company has announced. Included in the work contracted by Lockheed Martin Aerospace is the addition of an internally mounted sub-system of the P5 […]
By Aaron Mehta August 25, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is not conducting a formal review of F-35 planned procurement numbers, a spokesman said Tuesday, despite comments by the incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that indicate otherwise. In written testimony for his nomination hearing last month, Gen. Joe Dunford seemed to signal […]
By The Editorial Board July 30, 2015 THINKING BIG doesn’t always pay, especially when it comes to military procurement. Complex, aspirational weapons systems are irresistible to military brass, because they keep budget dollars flowing for years on end. Members of Congress like them too, especially when they can locate a manufacturing facility inside their district. […]
By Richard Sisk Jul 28, 2015 Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has admitted to a wide range of past and present problems with the F-35 while maintaining that the fifth-general will eventually guarantee the U.S. continued air supremacy over rivals. “The biggest lesson I have learned from the F-35 is never again should we […]
By Lisa Savage July 12, 2015 I oppose wars and militarism of policing because they are morally wrong. People suffer from state-sponsored violence in their lives and I do not want to fund it, tolerate it or ignore it. But “join me in opposing war because it is wrong” is not a very effective message in […]
June 11, 2015 NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. – The Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court ordered the government on Thursday to pay some ¥754 million in damages to residents near the Futenma air base because of aircraft noise. Some 2,200 plaintiffs who live close to the controversial U.S. base in Ginowan complained of mental distress, […]
By Zachary Cohen July 16, 2015 Three years behind schedule and some $200 billion over its original budget, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is finally set to become operational this month. The fighter jet has been in development for nearly 15 years, weathered half a dozen years of testing and experienced myriad hardware malfunctions […]