Posted by Java Joe on August 24, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Pilots in F/A-18 Hornet variants and EA-18G Growler aircraft may be vulnerable to hypoxia-like symptoms.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Boeing, EA-18G Growler, F-35, F/A-18 Hornet, L-3, MV-22 Osprey, Northrop Grumman, Saab, T-X Trainer, UAS
Posted by Java Joe on August 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The US and South Korea have kicked off a new round of war games despite protests from North Korea, which threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Blackjack UAV, Craig Heap, F-35, Lockheed Martin, MQ-25A Stingray, Quantum Computation Center, RQ-21A, Secretary of State John Kerry, South Korea, US Pacific Fleet, war games
Posted by Java Joe on August 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The search for sunken aircraft from NAS Patuxent River continues in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Bell-Boeing, F-35C Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18 Super Hornet, FGS LLC, FJ-1 Fury, Guantanamo, HOK-1 Huskie, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, sunken aircraft, VADM Mike Shoemaker
Posted by Java Joe on August 18, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Retired generals Carter Ham and David Petraeus share different views on military readiness.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags anti-submarine warfare, combat gear, contractors, drone, F-35, Federal Reserve, information technology, military readiness, MQ-25A Stingray, Pentagon budget, security clearance, stealth
Posted by Java Joe on August 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Missile defense develop is rising as a result of more aggressive posturing by North Korea, China and Russia.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon urges troops and other DoD personnel not to play Pokemon Go on their government-issued cellphones, but there is no ban on playing the location-based augmented reality game on Defense Department property.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ALMOND, Boeing KC-46 tanker, defense spending, Falcon 9, Gen. Robert Neller, KC-46, military women, mine warfare, Pokemon Go, Sen. Joni Ernst, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, T-45, T-45 Goshawk
Posted by Java Joe on August 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Smart phone technology is great, but not when you’re hiding from the enemy on a battlefield.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force, Amazon.com, B-2, B-52, C-130, Deborah Lee James, drones, F-35A, IT, KC-46A, Libya, Magic Carpet software, Marine Corps recruitment, MQ-9 Reaper, pilot retention, Saudi Arabia, Super Hornet
Posted by Java Joe on August 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Aerial combat is now truly 3-D, as multi-domain warfare adds new dimensions.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Android, Apple, artificial intelligence, computer viruses, DARPA, ejection seat, F-35, Federal Reserve, interest rates, ISIS, multi-domain warfare, Naval Research Laboratory, productivity, Qualcomm, Red Flag, UAV, UCAS
Posted by Java Joe on August 9, 2016 · 2 Comments
The last P-3C Orion at Naval Air Station Patuxent River is headed to the aviation boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 1935 Lockheed Electra L-10E, AI drones, Army AFES, aviation boneyard, Davis-Monthan AFB, drones, hoverboards, JSF, P-3C Orion, Pacific Manned-Unmanned Initiative, RADM Mat Winter, VX-1
Posted by Java Joe on August 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The US Air Force declared its first squadron of F-35As ready for battle last week. The JSF was declared operational by the Marine Corps in July 2015; and the Navy aims for February 2019. The F-35 Lightning II might have finally turned a corner, overcoming the technical problems that have plagued its readiness to serve.
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