KickStart Your Rocket City News Review Hugh Stanley Hugh@myKickStart

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

2. HSV: Best for Tech Jobs - 2nd only to Cupertino - The Best Places For Tech Jobs DESE Research takes home Boeing gold CASAs tour the PIF, learn about Redstone Huntsville / Madison County's 2015 Best Places to Work, Most Valuable Employees BIG Picture aims to create a better Huntsville through conversation FAA selects UAH as player in their UAV Center of Excellence - to conduct drone research Alabama students take home gold at the Team America Rocketry Challenge National Finals Registration is open for the 2015 Space and Missile Defense Symposium Bad buzz for those that used Park 'N Fly at the B'hamairport Wyche returns to Redstone Arsenal, pins on third star Schumacher selected as SMDC deputy commander Local

3. S3: JIm Barclay new president GATR expands to NC - GATR Technologies of Huntsville launches new office Yulista tags Joe Parsley - New Director of Business Development CSC: announces split NG: appoints new division VP within Aerospace Systems sector United Technologies names new president of Sikorsky Phacil Lands Transcom Enterprise IT Support Task Order Military Times Names Leidos Best for Vets Employer for 2015 United Tech: Review of Sikorsky spinoff to end in midyear MacAulay-Brown to demonstrate iris/facial biometric solution at SOFIC event Aerojet Rocketdyne lays off 65 employees with more cuts possible To-be head of GD Aerospace Group announces retirement Barrios Technology awarded commercial space contract Companies / Contracts / Characters

4. Is Russia Planning to Disassemble the International Space Station? Why Three Astronauts Are Stuck in Space for an Extra Month Guerilla Marketing:   Andy Weir gets it.  NASA... probly not - his book 'The Martian' may have saved NASA and the entire space program Dava Newman - the new Lori Garver - starts work as NASA's deputy administrator NASA Technology Located Four Trapped Earthquake Victims in Nepal, by Detecting Their Heartbeats NASA's Budget - Earth Science line a GOP foil - take aim at spending plan for climate change research - Congress To Slash NASA's 'Global Warming' Research Budget - House Cuts NASA Earth Science By More Than $250 Million Happy Birthday Hubble: 25 years of dazzling pix NASA - ish

5. Booster Shift - ULA (RD-180), Space X close on RLV, Crew Escape Demo, Vulcan Lawmakers Appear Divided on Relaxing Terms of RD-180 Ban Paul Allen Launches 'Vulcan Aerospace‘ No time wasted in SpaceX's rapid-fire launch campaign ULA Launch Capability Payments Still an Issue as Competition Nears Vulcan business model calls for lots of flights, few mistakes Blue Origin’s New Shepard Vehicle Makes First Test Flight - Officials Looking Forward To End Reliance RD-180 Engines Buster to join the mile high club - Don’t blink: SpaceX crew escape demo goes by in a flash Russia Space Biz: New Boss - Progress Lost – Mex. Bird (Proton-M) ILS Proton Failure Destroys Centenario Satellite, Leaves Inmarsat in Lurch 2nd Russian launch failure in a month ...how's that RD-180 lookin'? X-37 Launches on Atlas V (4 for 4) Space Biz

6. Such a thing as a premium-priced bomber or a next manned fighter? Almost Nobody Believes the U.S. Air Force Can Build an Affordable Bomber - What The B-3 Bomber Should Be Mabus: F-35 the last piloted fighter - Will Be ‘Last Manned Strike Fighter’ the Navy, Marines ‘Will Ever Buy or Fly’ - Air Force Begs To Differ F-35s are selling folks on F-18s, another blank spot on Paris tarmac - USN might procure more F-18s due to F-35 delays.  - No Top US Acquisition Officials At Paris Air Show; Nor F-35s V-22:  Japan doesn't mind buying 'em Airbus loses A400M on test flight - software glitch? - Software Cuts Off Fuel Supply UAV Fuels from Tanker / Cicada Swarm - X-47B demonstrates autonomous aerial refueling over the Atlantic Ocean / USN goes tubular with autonomous swarming UAV demonstrations - Learning From Termites - ONR: Swarming UAVs Could Overwhelm Defenses Cost-Effectively - Cannon Launches 30 Drones in a Minute Aviation / UAV

7. Defense Budget Back in BRAC: Advocates Say It's Been Too Long - White House slams GOP defense budget - The Pentagon Conned Washington … Again Defense Executives Vice Adm. Nora Tyson Nominated to Command U.S. 3rd Fleet Ashton Carter’s recruitment push: ‘Give us a try’ Petraeus: probation, $100K fine, 'ready to move on' - Gen. McChrystal's Lessons Learned Maj. Gen. Walsh, OPNAV N95, Appointed Next CG of Combat Development Command Obama Nominates Top Coast Guard Official to Head TSA Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend takes command of Fort Bragg, 18th Airborne Corps Dunford tapped for Joint Chiefs chairman, Selva for vice Racist remark ended general's career Blue Angels Name 2016-2017 Commanding Officer Submariner Adm. Richardson Picked As Next CNO - It’s All About Nuclear Reactors New CSA: Gen. Milley Is A ‘Soldier’s Soldier’ From Far Beyond The Beltway Defense

8. BreakOut – Women on the Move F-35 Jockey, 1st Blue Angel, MI-17 Pilot & 19 Ranger Candidates • Women in ground combat: Can they do it? • Navy SEALs see no barrier to women in combat ranks • F-35 gets first female pilot • 19 women compete and culled in Ranger School • Marine Corps Captain Becomes First Woman to Fly With Blue Angels • Female aviator breaking ground in Afghanistan • How One Woman Earned Her Way Onto the Special Ops Battlefield • Leadership Strategies From America's First Female Four Star General • 1st woman to lead a U.S. ship fleet

9. International • FMS is hot …Pope: "industry of Death" • Japan – wants to buy V-22's – With a $42 billion defense budget, is Japan a hawk in dove's clothing? – What's for sale as Japan eases military exports rule - U.S., Japan Announce Updated Defense Guidelines • China turning coral reefs into runways ...it's what you can do without an EPA. - Beijing poised to take 'de facto control' of S. China Sea: Philippines- US anxious over China's 'great wall of sand‘- Where Do We Draw the Line on Balancing China? • DOD says ISIS on the 'Defensive,' Never Mind City It Just Sacked - Islamic State took U.S.-supplied tanks, vehicles after Iraqi forces fled Ramadi - Iraq, Afghanistan forces struggling despite years of U.S. investment, training • Navy:  Accompany vs. Escort ...a distinction with a difference • We're arming Syrians to fight ISIS - OBL 2.0 • Vietnam wants our goods, but not a photo pic • Lil Kim blows up Uncle with AAK-AAK ...for sleeping in class executed defense chief for falling asleep in meeting

10. Missile Defense • You Get a Hellfire Missile, and You Get a Hellfire Missile! Everybody. Gets. A Hellfire Missile! • Newest precision glide bomb enters operational testing • THAAD not Seoul's only option to deter North Korea - Can Lasers & Rail Guns Protect Korea? • SecDef Carter: Do Missile Defense Review Urged By Greenert, Odierno • Obama expected to push for Gulf missile defense at U.S. summit • Lockheed Martin opens center for interceptor missile technology • Raytheon gets $559 million missile contract; work finalized at Redstone Arsenal  • Navy Ramps Up SM-6 Production • Rocket crash an embarrassing blow to Russia - crashes on launch in northern Russia • Russia conducts field-testing of maneuverable S-400 Missile • The Middle East Has Four Minutes To Act If Iran Fires a Missile • Germany selects MEADS, Lockheed Martin for $4.5 billion missile defense deal • China upgrades its nuclear arsenal for first time in decades amid resistance to US interference in South China Sea dispute - has outfitted missiles capable of reaching the US with multiple nuclear warheads - China’s YJ-18 Missiles a ‘Major Threat’ to US Navy

11. Cyber / Tech • Verizon... buys it's own little corner of 'AOL hell‘ - might be AOL's best iteration yet - to spin off Huffington Post? • Google Is About to Make Your Wireless Carrier a Lot Less Relevant • How to download, delete Google's data on you • Every smartphone should have a kill switch • Windows 10 to be the last version of Windows, until the next version - Details of free Windows 10 update become a little clearer • FBI says airplane hack for real - Commandeer Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi- Security researcher's hack caused airplane to climb, FBI asserts • FBI Readies Multimillion Contract for Cyber Expertise • Former NSA Chief: Follow SOCOM Model for Cyber • Google Secret Team In Battle Against Cyber-Criminals

12. Strange Torque Largest auto recall in history ...and it's about air bags - 34 million vehicles - Check these websites Colorado nerd lives the dream - punches PC's ticket - cited for 'killing' uncooperative PC with handgun You just missed your chance to buy the TRON cycle - Lightcycle sells for $77,000 Roomba for Lawns Is Pissing Off Astronomers • 'Astronaut Wives Club' TV Series to Launch in June on ABC • Twilight of One-Hour Photo, America’s Fastest-Fading Business • Goodbye pay TV, hello cord-cutters and digital video • Mellow adds an electric drive to any old skateboard • Memorial Day gas prices lowest in five years • You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish

13. All I know is what I read in the papers… – Will Rogers