KickStart Your Rocket City News Review Hugh Stanley Hugh@myKickStart

1. KickStart Your Rocket City News Review Hugh Stanley Hugh@myKickStart.com

2. 5/21 Armed Forces Day 5/27 1700: AIAA Installation and Awards Dinner– Jackson Center – Lt. Gov. Ivey 5/30 Memorial Day – Federal Holiday 6/02 USASAC Change of Command – AMC Parade Field 6/07 0800: Threat Symposium 2016 – Jackson Center - Jonathan Hard 256-679-9427 6/08 National Cyber Summit ’16 – VBC [Free to government and military] 6/08 NDIA MDA Small Business Programs Conference – VBC 6/08 USAG Change of Command – BJ Audit. 6/18 Dayton Air Show 6/18 Redstone Downtown: 75th Anniversary of RSA 6/27 Armed Forces Celebration Week: RSA 75th Anniversary 7/11 Farnborough Air Show 7/25 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Air Show 8/16 1730: CoC Small Business Awards – S&RC 8/16 19th Annual SMD Symposium – VBC 11/08 Election Day Look Ahead

3. For sale:  Fixer-Upper nuke plant, as is - write to TVA Robert Bentley, Richard Shelby urge TVA to sell unfinished nuclear plant Gov. Robert Bentley on Alabama scandals: 'Obviously there are problems right now' Alabama Launchpad makes first award - it's a HSV win ...GeneCapture, formerly known as SLP Diagnostics, took home the prize Tuesday after competing against four other teams in Birmingham and Florence. AMC announces Mission Command alignment...Gen Via pens article on changes to Army Materiel command. Turbulence between Boeing-Alabama Sen. Shelby could mean job loss Local

4. Space Biz Because failure is an option SpaceX can do stuff like land rockets on a boat ...In the middle of the night, amid fire and smoke, a second rocket appeared on a boat. SpaceX Stuns the Cynics ...They said it couldn't be done. And then SpaceX did it -- again and again and again. SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force, Together at Last ...The Air Force has a new way to get to space, and SpaceX has a new source of income. NASA astronauts will fly commercial to International Space Station Got him! Director accused of fraud at new spaceport is detained in Belarus ... arrest shows him driving diamond-encrusted Mercedes Putin hails first rocket launch from new cosmodrome after delay ... a major milestone for Russia's beleaguered space sector

5. Companies, Contractors & Characters • NASA awards Aerojet $67m to develop deep space exploration tech ...The Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) total value of $67 million. • As Pentagon Dawdles, Silicon Valley Sells Its Newest Tech Abroad • RadioShack names second CEO in 12 months ...Rogers was previously the CEO at Target Australia and Sears Canada • Triumph Group Receives Supplier of the Year Award from Sikorsky the 2015 Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training Supplier of the Year Award in • Palantir'scofounder has shot back at recent reports that the company is struggling. ... its high-priced software — which could cost as much as $1 million per month — was responsible for driving away high-profile clients including Coca-Cola, Nasdaq, and American Express. • Apple stock slumps to near 2-year low • Navy's NGEN Recompete Could Go Out to Bid in January ... $3.5 billion Next Generation Enterprise Networks contract as early as January 2017

6. Spending & Budgets • US Missile Defense Agency Plans To Spend $38 Billion By 2020 ...Sez the GAO • Ayotte plans to block a new round of military base closures ... due to implementation costs being higher than promised during the last round.  • A Washington ritual: Pentagon, Congress at odds over bases • Defense study re-ignites debate over base closings...The committee left open the door for more study, just not the one the department is currently peddling.

7. Execs in Flux • First Openly Gay Leader of U.S. Military Service Confirmed ...Senate has confirmed the long-stalled nomination of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary, • Moore nominated for 3rd star, to head NAVSEA...Handful of high-ranking US Navy logjams seems to have been broken • Navy cyber commander nominated as service intel chief... Jan Tighe on May 13 was nominated by Defense Secretary Ash Carter for assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and director of naval intelligence at the Pentagon • Pentagon CIO in Hot Seat Over Windows 10 'Endorsement‘...Terry Halvorsen is clearly a big fan of Windows 10 • Starry, Starry Fight: The Pentagon's General Bloat...Senate pushes for 25% cut in those wearing stars • A New CIO for the CIA - John Edwards will return to the CIA

8. Pictures of the Month Inflata Pillow / Statues S&RC / Franky Z Hoverboard

9. Aviation • F-35 program remains late and over budget, but doing better: Pentagon • 7 Amazing Things America Could Have Bought Instead of a $1.45 Trillion Jet ...4.5K for every American, 4 years of health insurance premiums, all student loan debt … • The Pentagon Sent Four A-10 Attack Jets to Fly Around China’s Claims in the South China Sea...Now the Warthog is a maritime patrol plane Tom Clancy Predicted Ship-Killing A-10s • Secretary Carter Opposes Restarting F-22 Production • The C-130 Just Never Dies ...​a new civilian version • With Perlan 2 glider, Airbus claim mantle of space pioneer … Daredevils plan to fly 90000 feet up to the edge of space powered by just the wind • Top Gun at 30: A retrospective from two naval aviators... F-14 Tomcat • Flying out of Chicago? Arrive 3 hours before your flight • Personal aircraft aiming to take off from your home

10. International • China to become aerospace power by 2030 • David Cameron just got caught on mic saying two countries at his anti-corruption summit are 'fantastically corrupt' • With Maritime Superiority at Stake, US Navy Must Build Partnerships • US and Russia mediate in Syria, face-off on border • US & Russian officials to sit side by side, monitor Syria ceasefire • China Is Warning Their Women Handsome Foreign Men Can Be Spies Through Comic Posters ... • China Asks US Voters: Be 'Reasonable & Objective' if Trump Wins • Why China's Not Afraid of Donald J. Trump • China is slowing down a lot faster than anyone expected • China warns of damaged relations with the Pentagon • Kim Jong-un Seeks to Cement Power at First North Korean Congress in 36 Years

11. Missile Defense • Work Joins Groundbreaking for Ballistic Missile Defense Site in Poland ...Russia 'Not Quite Getting' Message • Russia Is Not Happy About New American Anti-Missile System ...​Moscow is concerned about a system that could shoot down Russian missiles • Russia's S-500 Air Defense System Makes Pentagon Nervous... many US defense officials worry that even stealth warplanes like the F-22, F-35 and the B-2 might have problems overcoming them," • Russia Developing new Nuclear Missiles Capable of Penetrating US Defenses...wants to modernize 70 percent of its intercontinental ballistic missile arsenal by 2018. • China tests ICBM capable of striking US within half an hour ...can carry up to 10 warheads over a distance of roughly 7,450 miles in just half an hour before hitting several targets at once. • Dongfeng-41 nuclear missile' which could destroy London in half an hour • N. Korea's Kim hails 'successful' submarine missile test

12. Defense Tech • Why the Next Pearl Harbor Could Happen in Space • Avoiding a War in Space • Russia Says US wants real space war with real weapons • US Spies Want a Laser Gun That Can Detect Bombs from 100 Feet Away • VCJCS Mulls Newest Domain: Electromagnetic Spectrum • Iron Man, Not Terminator: The Pentagon’s Sci-Fi Inspirations ...The Pentagon wants artificial intelligence, said Bob Work, but it doesn’t want “killer robots that roam the battlefield” without human control. • DOD chief wants secretive space unit involved in fight against IS • US Army Hopes to Have Laser Weapons on the Battlefield by 2024 • US Navy Wants to Train Its Own ‘Ethical’ Hackers • New technique could improve detection of concealed nuclear materials

13. Strange Torque • There’s a Hacker Shortage, so Facebook Is Turning to Middle Schools ...has arranged for hundreds of kids, from middle-school age up, to play a hacking game it’s developed—because it’s having trouble recruiting for security roles. • How tech literate are 8th graders? You'd be surprised....43% of students tested at or above the "proficient" level ... Girls scored three points higher than male students on the test.

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