Posted by Java Joe on June 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 fighter jet continues to be marred by flaws and glitches.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Bill Moran, Army tours of duty, Bob Burke, F-35, KBRwyle Technology Solutions, KC-130J crash, Lisa Hershman, Patrick Shanahan, presidential helicopter, reenlistment bonuses, Russian Su-27, Sikorsky, spy planes
Posted by Java Joe on June 12, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The DoD-Lockheed Martin deal for hundreds of new F-35s will drive the cost per airplane below $80 million for the first time. It’s being called a “historic milestone.”
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Calvert St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, Dawn Dunlop, Fort Trump, Ken Cuccinelli, Lightsail 2, Lockheed Martin, military housing, North Korean executions, Poland, Rep. Adam Smith, satellite imagery, smoking ban, Space-X, Turkey F-35, USS Enterprise
Posted by Java Joe on June 11, 2019 · Leave a Comment
US Central Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie says the threat from Iran that prompted the deployment of reinforcements to the Persian Gulf region has not diminished. But the USS Abraham Lincoln’s presence has made an important difference.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial dogfighting, artificial intelligence, C-2A Greyhound, Frank McKenzie, Iranian threats, Japanese F-35A crash, Laura Yeager, Naval Station Rota, Niger, Raytheon, Russian S-400, Sikorsky, Turkey F-35s, United Technolgies Corporation, US Army National Guard, USS Abraham Lincoln
Posted by Java Joe on June 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US and Russia are blaming each other after a near collision between warships Friday in the East China Sea.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army Broken Wing Award, Barb Gordon, David Berger, F-35C, Leo Wynne, Lockheed Martin, Marine commandant, NAVFAC Washington, Optionally Piloted Vehicle, Sikorsky, UH-60A, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Chancellorsville, USS Enterprise, warship collisions
Posted by Java Joe on June 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Russian fighter jet, Su-35, makes an unsafe and “irresponsible” intercept of Navy P-8A over the Mediterranean Sea.
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Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
House lawmakers follow Senate recommendations and back a 3.1 percent military pay raise, the largest in a decade. The recommendations also block plans to cut 18,000 defense medical jobs.
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Posted by Java Joe on June 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Amid a busy spring responding to flooding and tornadoes in the Midwest, the National Guard is gearing up for hurricane season, which officially kicked off Saturday and will last until the end of November. Last year’s hurricanes were particularly destructive for some of the military’s most critical bases.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-10 Warthog, Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, Air Force promotions, Air Force Thunderbirds, B-52 bomber, boeing 737 max, hurricane season, KC-46A Pegasus, Kevin Hassett, Navy Blue Angels, South Korea military exercise
Posted by Java Joe on June 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Trump has ordered that carriers go back to steam catapult systems for launching aircraft, a move that could cost billions and reduce the ships’ capabilities.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Baltops, Dale Feddersen, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, EMALS, F-35A, Gen. Joseph Dunford, HX-21, Mike Pompeo, national spelling bee, Nellis AFB, Saketh Sundar, Sierra Nevada, South China Sea
Posted by Java Joe on May 30, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert on Chinese drones, which could pose security risks, including data theft. Most drones purchased in the US are manufactured in China.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags CGX, Chinese drones, Coast Guard Exchanges, Dept Homeland Security, DHS, drones, Duncan Hunter, Edward Gallagher, Einstein, Emergent LLC, Northrop Grumman, Seth Moulton, Typhoon jets
Posted by Java Joe on May 29, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Despite Congressional objections, the Trump administration cleared $8.1 billion in arms sales for Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates by invoking an emergency exemption.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bill oran, Bob Burke, Compliance Corp., Condor, James McConville, Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, Jordan, JPALS, Lockheed Martin, Middle East, Northrop Grumman, Patrick Shanahan, quals, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, Stephen Kellogg, UAS, United Arab Emirates, Yokosuka
