Eastern Shore Wind Energy Regains Momentum

Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Leader’s owners or staff.

Business and government leaders form Lower Shore Wind Partners to position the lower Eastern Shore region as a wind-energy hub, reports Delmarva Now. Plans to build wind turbines in the Chesapeake Bay drew concerns about interference with the Atlantic Test Range at NAS Patuxent River and were suspended by federal action earlier this year.

China is also vulnerable to cyber attacks, said NSA Director ADM Mike Rogers, who also serves as the head of US Cyber Command. Speaking at a security forum ADM Rogers suggested further malicious hacks by the Chinese could meet cyber reprisals, reports Defense News.

Russia confirms China’s buy of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets for more than $2 billion, Reuter reports. The deal has been in the works since 2012.

A team of European UAV developers, building upon a decade of experimentation on micro and mini UAV systems, introduced a surveillance and reconnaissance mini-drone last week, the Spy’Ranger, designed to provide security and survivability to tactical reconnaissance vehicles, reports UPI.

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments says the Navy and Marine Corps are deployed beyond their means and presents a stark choice: Maintain current levels of forward presence and risk breaking the force. Or reduce presence and restore readiness through adequate training, maintenance, and time at home. SEAPOWER reports on some of the solutions, all require more money.

The pilot of an A-10  Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft did follow the strict rules of engagement, according to the US Air Force Central Command, and was found blameless in an airstrike on an ISIS outpost last March that killed at least four civilians in central Iraq, says Military.com.

The Aviationist present a chart detailing Russian Strategic bombing operations over Syria last week.

Pax River testing continues of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system, reports NAVAIR News. The operational assessment includes six flights across two months to exercise the system’s missions and identify risk for the follow-on Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) phase.

Dwight D. Eisenhower believed the job of president required tamping down ‘the multiplicity of fears’ in an uncertain world remade in his lifetime that spanned serving in World War I, serving as Supreme Allied Commander in the war where the hydrogen bomb was developed, and became president in the dawning nuclear age. The New Yorker presents Ike’s advice to his nation, calls his calm disposition in times of crisis and his patient approach to major problems his most profound quality, and compares that quality to the current candidates seeking the job.

The Street reports on two new studies of Social Security showing many Americans nearing retirement are making some big mistakes and describes two new rules out of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, due to go into effect in six months, which will eliminate some claiming strategies for married couples.

The National League Cy Young Award goes to Chicago Cubs’ Jake Arrieta because he finally put the  little things together. The Houston Astros’ Dallas Keuchel took home the American League award.