March 28, 2024

DOT&E Report Says F-35s Not Combat Ready

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CNN Politics reports, the Marine’s six  F-35s did not perform well enough in trials last spring to be judged immediately combat ready, suggests a report out of the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E).

Outdated technology has Congress operating as a 19th-century institution, using 20th-century technology to respond to 21st-century problems, Politico reports on the technological incompetency of Congress. Improving IT is among the top seven things sailors want from their new NCO, included also are rankings and leadership among a list that also includes better boots, allowing beards again and getting rid of the blue cammies, reports Navy Times.

Hackers are moving into the sky as cyber warfare and electronic warfare merge, reports Breaking Defense, and the US Air Force is leading the way. While no barriers appear impenetrable, FCW asks if it’s time for cyber insurance, and finds the industry says yes, with some caveats.

Rather than a threat, Rear Adm. Jeff Harley, the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Operations, Plans and Strategy) says, China’s territorial expansion in the South China Sea is an opportunity for the United States, reports USNI. But in the Arctic, as China and Russia boost their military presence, the US is boosting its intelligence analysts working in the area as well, reports the LA Times.

Also in the Arctic, The Aviationists spotlights air-to-air F-22 Raptor images.

The Navy will limit sonar and other training as part of an agreement designed to protect dolphins and other marine mammals off Hawaii and California.

North Korea’s latest saber rattling is nuclear, announcing this week it upgraded and will restarted all of its atomic fuel plants, reports PilotOnline.

Photo of breastfeeding soldiers goes viral, reports Military Times.

Hewlett-Packard to lay off 10 percent of its workforce, 25,000 to 3,000 people in its consulting and call center support group, reports Fortune. HP will split into two companies in November, the conclusion of a years long restructuring.

Seventeen Sailors from commands around the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, will receive their golden anchors today, Sept. 16, during the time-honor tradition of the Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony. The guest speaker is Ima Black, widow of the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy.

 

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