Posted by Sheila Gibbons on February 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment
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. An anticipated Congresssional authorization of U.S forces against ISIS will rely on special ops, Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, told Defense News. Under the Obama administration’s current strategy, only a small fraction of the military actually will participate, he said. International sales could eventually account for 30 percent of Lockheed Martin Corp’s annual revenue, Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson told Reuters on Wednesday. Hewson…
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags education, General Atomics, ISIS, Israel, LinkedIn, Lockheed Martin, lying, millennials, Raytheon, Russia, Special Ops, UAV
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on February 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Newly detected malware affecting institutional computer networks worldwide is a form of cyber espionage that can’t always be removed.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Ashton Carter, Australia, cyber-espionage, drones, Egypt, Iran, malware, MQ-1 Predator, Qatar, Rafales fighter jets, sequestration, Super Hornets
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on February 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Ash Carter received a unanimous vote from a Senate Armed Services Committee eager to see the SecDef nominee at the Pentagon.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Ash Carter, China, cyber intelligence, federal IT, ISIL, MQ-1 Predators, Pentagon, RAND Corp, SecDef, Yemen
Posted by Publisher on February 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Leading business magazine blasts DefSec nominee Ashton Carter’s history of wasting taxpayer money.
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Posted by Publisher on February 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The JSF remains top dog in the DoD budget while research and development approaches 20 percent of the Navy and Marine budget request for FY16.
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Posted by Publisher on February 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment
With NGRAIN augmented reality glasses, JSF technicians can see renderings, instructions, and visuals of how the F-35 is to be assembled, each bolt is visible along with instructions and part numbers.
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Posted by Publisher on February 5, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Questions about mission and platform requirements continue to delay the drafting of an RFP for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System.
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Posted by Publisher on February 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Next-gen bombers and subs are in the DoD budget, but more funds are likely hidden in the classified budget.
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Posted by Publisher on February 3, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The administration opened the DoD budget battle with Pentagon spending upped to a $534 billion baseline budget plus $51 billion to ongoing foreign wars.
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