The F-35 Is Behind Schedule and Faces Cost OverrunsNovember 19, 2009The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is well behind schedule and over budget, according to an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Although the program completed a milestone test flight recently, the testing process is lagging and reports say that Lockheed could drain its development budget within a year... More Defense Department Is Now Using Wikis for Sensitive InformationNovember 19, 2009The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, will deploy a wiki to help federal agencies better collaborate on cybersecurity, according to an article in InformationWeek. A wiki is a website that easily allows multiple users to add and edit content... More 
South Africa Deals a Blow to Airbus A400MNovember 13, 2009South Africa cancelled a major contract for eight Airbus military transport planes as delays and cost overruns piled up, according to AFP. The South African government said it cancelled the contract because the A400M "cost escalation would have placed an unaffordable burden on the taxpayer" during this economic downturn... More 
Work to Preserve the Innovative Fervor of a Start-up after an AcquisitionNovember 12, 2009The major defense contractors are mostly struggling to design and produce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a time when the Pentagon has earmarked nearly $1.5 billion for the aircraft in its 2010 budget... More 
Air Force Readies for the Gorgon StareNovember 05, 2009Unmanned aerial vehicles (UVAs) are the biggest advance in military technology in a generation. Now, their importance is about to skyrocket even higher as the Pentagon prepares to bulk up their surveillance capabilities beginning as early as 2010, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times... More Pentagon Eyes Crash Analysis on 1,300 SatellitesNovember 04, 2009The collision of a dead Russian military communications satellite with a U.S. commercial satellite in February underscored the vulnerability of the Pentagon’s communication satellites and those used by commercial industries, according to a Reuters report... More Latest Aerospace & Defense News
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