Posted by Java Joe on August 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Early information emerging about the Navy’s second collision of a warship with a merchant vessel suggests the destroyer USS John S. McCain lost steering just before the collision.
Posted by Java Joe on November 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The Navy finds El Faro, possibly upright, in 15,000 feet of water. The 33 lost crew included 17 members of Seafarers International, its training school in Piney Point.
Posted by Java Joe on February 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
DOD says some bases are no longer needed as wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conclude but lawmakers want to protect jobs in their districts.
Category Leader Features · Tags base closures, Chuck Hagel, contracting awards, diversity, drones, F-35, Lockheed Martin, P-8 Poseidon, Predator, Randy Forbes, Ray Mabus, Raytheon, UCLASS
Posted by Java Joe on January 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A DoD acquisition executive responded this week to a negative report on the Navy’s Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, CBP, China, Coherent Technical Services, COLA, CTSi, deer crashes, DoD, drone, F-35 joint strike fighter, Inspector General, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Operation Homeport, P-8 Poseidon, P-8A, Predator, UAS
Posted by Java Joe on January 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A full fiscal 2014 Pentagon spending bill will be included in a compromise measure that must pass before next Tuesday night to avert a gov. shutdown.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE, Boeing, DoD budget, drone, F-35, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Global Hawk, K-MAX, Lockheed Martin, MQ-1, MV-22 Osprey, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, Predator, same sex spouse, Tricare, UCLASS
Posted by Java Joe on October 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Military, federal retirees and Social Security recipients will receive a COLA increase in January.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Brimstone 2, COLA, death benefits, drones, Hawkeye, Hellfire, JSOW C-1, military retirement, online war game, P-8 Poseidon, Predator, Raytheon, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Super Hornet, Turkish drones, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Publisher on July 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The JSF delays continue, a cheat sheet for the still unfolding Edward Snowden saga and the U.S. continues to excercise restraint in cyber-weaponry.
Posted by Editor on January 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
New Chinese virus targets DoD’s Common Access Cards.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags CAC, Centennial of Marine Aviation, China, contracts, DOT&E, F-35, HASC, Iran, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Leon Panetta, NAWCAD, Pax River, Pentagon, Predator, SASC, sexual assault, UCAS-D, virus, X-47B
