Posted by Java Joe on January 11, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Despite a flawless launch Monday by United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket, the first NASA-financed commercial lunar landing craft suffered a mission-ending fuel leak soon after launch. The malfunction of Astrobotic Technology’s lander, Peregrine, set back NASA’s lunar landing schedule by at least two years.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, GEN Christopher Mahoney, Herzegovina, HMS Lancaster, Marine Gen Eric Smith, Peregrine lunar lander, Repubic of Srpska, Thomas Zhao, United Launch Alliance, USCGC Emel Tunnell, Vulcan rocket, Wenheng Zhao
Posted by Java Joe on November 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment
NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft launched Sunday night for a trip to the International Space Station. And another first: Victor Glover became first Black astronaut to join a crew on the ISS.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, Arctic, Atlas V rockets, BAE Systems, Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, USS Bonhomme Richard, Victor Glover
Posted by Java Joe on August 11, 2020 · Leave a Comment
A bipartisan bill in the US Senate — the National Medal of Honor Monument Act — would create a monument to honor the more than 3,500 medal recipients who have performed extraordinary valor in combat.
Posted by Java Joe on August 27, 2019 · Leave a Comment
New Chief of Naval Operations ADM Michael Gilday took over as the highest uniformed office in the sea service last week. He says the Navy “will think differently.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags base security, Delta IV rocket, F-35B, GAO report, hurricane, Michael Gilday, North Korea, Russian S-400, South China Sea, SpaceX Starhopper, Strait of Hormuz, United Launch Alliance
Posted by Java Joe on July 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Congressional and Pentagon leaders are concerned that the steadily declining portion of the military budget spent on research and development is exacerbating the threat that the US is losing its technological edge against its competitors and enemies. The Senate Appropriation Committee looks to boost R&D spending in the FY19 budget.
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Posted by Java Joe on May 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Navy says it will re-establishment the US Second Fleet which will be responsible for naval forces along the East Coast and in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Army Cyber Command, aviation accidents, Defense Authorization Bill, deployments, F-35 JSF, Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, military parade, NASA InSight, National Rifle Association, Oliver North, United Launch Alliance, US Second Fleet
Posted by Java Joe on April 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
President Trump signed a memorandum late last week that revises rules for export of military drones, including big target and long-range reconnaissance drones such as the Predator and Reaper aircraft.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags airmen retention, Boeing, drones, F-15 fighter, Lockheed Martin, military drone exports, Mira Ricardel, South China Sea, Space-X, The KeyW Corp., Truman Carrier Strike Group, United Launch Alliance, USS Harry S. Truman, Vietnam Pilot and Crewmember Monument
Posted by Java Joe on March 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Of the 280 operational F-35s purchased by the US and international partners, only 51 percent are currently available for flight, according to the F-35 Joint Program Office.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Atlas V rockets, BRAC, DARPA, F-35, Helios, hypersonic cruise missile, Javelin missiles, KC-135, LAWS laser, quantum computers, Sen. Jack Reed, United Launch Alliance, USS Carl Vinson, VADM Mat Winter
Posted by Java Joe on January 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Hackers are using unauthorized PDF versions of the controversial book “Fire and Fury” to spread malware.
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Posted by Java Joe on October 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment
US/South Korea joint exercises begin this week. South Korean military officials expect another missile launch from North Korea as the military drills take place.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Arctic research, Atlas V rockets, California wildfires, Hoverfly UAS, MAVNI, Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, NAFTA, North Korea threats, opioid crisis, polar research, United Launch Alliance, USS Constitution, VA benefits
