Posted by Java Joe on April 10, 2023 · Leave a Comment
The US Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion program is preparing for its first deployment in 2025. The heavy lift helicopter recently also recently went through its second set of sea trials. The Corps continues to execute the transition from the CH-53E to the CH-53K and is on schedule to declare full operational capability in FY2029.
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Posted by Java Joe on April 6, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Naval aviator and Baltimore native, NASA’s G. Reid Wiseman, will serve as the commander for the Artemis II mission. NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency complete the crew for the lunar flyby set to take off in November 2024.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Artemis II, Austal USA, Christina Koch, COL Craig Andrle, Craig Perciavalle, Devon Faehnrich, G. Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Jon Ludwigson, Joseph Runkel, Richard Branson, Spangdahlem, Trace Ridpath, Victor Glover, Virgin Orbit, William Adams
Posted by Java Joe on April 3, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Some boaters and watermen say they are worried about a proposed expansion of the zone for weapons testing on the Potomac River. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division filed a notice seeking public comment on expanding the middle “danger zone” that extends about 20 miles downriver from Dahlgren, VA.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 30, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Camp Pendleton is the latest installation to find elevated levels of PFAS in drinking water, and is not alone in the Southern California region to discover the forever chemicals in the groundwater supply.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 27, 2023 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy’s Blue Angels demonstration team has its first female pilot — LT Amanda Lee. LT Lee flew her first public show earlier this month at the Naval Air Facility El Centro Air Show.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Freedom Shield 23, Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, JPALS, LT Amanda Lee, NAVAIR, RADM James P. Downey, TikTok, Ukraine, USS John F. Kennedy, Women's History Month
Posted by Java Joe on March 23, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Ching Shih was anything but your standard pirate. She was a former sex worker who married into the pirate life and turned out to be really, really good at it.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 20, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Maryland lawmakers and advocates are concerned about reports of neglect and abuse of residents at the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, a disclosure that led the state to cancel its contract with HMR Maryland, the company that has managed the facility since 2002.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags American Defense Communities, Blue Angels, Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, Chesapeake Technologies, cold spray technology, Curtis Beulah, Fat Leonard, Fleet Readiness Center East, Ignite, Indyne Inc., Lockheed Martin, LT Amanda Lee, military suicides, MQ-9 Reaper, QinetiQ Inc., SSPARS, STEM
Posted by Java Joe on March 16, 2023 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon is abandoning its efforts to develop a next-generation adaptive engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, going instead for an upgrade to the current F-35 engine — a major win for F135 maker Pratt & Whitney.
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Posted by Java Joe on March 13, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin has announced the layoff of 176 workers at its Sikorsky division supporting the heavy lift helicopter program at NAS Patuxent River. The layoffs are effective April 27.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags defense budget, F-35, Fort Meade, Leidos, N2/N6, offshore wind energy, POWER Act, presidential helicopter, Ukraine, US Space Force, VADM Karl Thomas
Posted by Java Joe on March 9, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin resumed accepting flights of newly built F-35 Joint Strike Fighters early this week, nearly three months after an engine problem grounded new jets and halted deliveries.
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