Morning Coffee: Pentagon Cyber Budget Gets Boost
Increased spending will be aimed at improving cyber capabilities including cyber security, intelligence gathering, and reconnaissance.
Morning Coffee: Pentagon Cuts 8 JSFs
Sources report the Pentagon will cut 8 F-35s from the FY15 budget and the White House will seek a $36 billion DoD plus-up in the FY16. Budget expert calls out-year projections “fiction.”
Morning Coffee: Navy Leads Services in Robotic Strategy
Developing how a human pilot can command UCLASS wingmen finds tactical, ethical and strategic complications, but networked combat is now, and the USAF says the Navy is leading the way.
Morning Coffee: Laser Weapons Improve
The new generation of laser weapons are approaching the power and efficiency needed for active military use.
Morning Coffee: When Can UAVs Strike Americans?
Obama’s recent tightening of guidelines for the use of CIA attack UAVs is hampering efforts to eliminate a suspected American al-Qaida operative.
Morning Coffee: 100,000 Jobs Promised Vets
First Lady Michelle Obama and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez announce a commitment from 100 firms in the construction industry for 100,000 jobs for vets in the next five years.
Morning Coffee: Gen-3 JSF Helmet on Track
Fixes to the Gen-2 helmet gained credence during tests last year with a surrogate aircraft flying from St. Mary’s Regional Airport close to NAS:PAX, the resulting Gen-3 is slated for testing this year.
Morning Coffee: F-35C Passes Tailhook Tests
The Navy’s F-35C, the most likely JSF variant to be cut, passed 36 roll-in arrestment tests in January at Lakehurst.
Morning Coffee: Nuclear Cheating Expands to Navy
Adm. John Richardson, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, said of 16,000 sailors in the program, less than one percent are involved, and no students.
US, European Defense Sales Slide, Russia’s Up
Focus is on budgets, as U.S. defense sales slip yet again and Pentagon struggles to rein in spending.
