Posted by Java Joe on January 31, 2018 · Leave a Comment
For the second time since November, a Russian jet buzzes the flank of a US reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, forcing the EP-3 Aries to fly through the Russian Su-27’s flight wash.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Andromeda Systems Inc., Army Public Health Center, Camp Lejeune, cannabidiol oil, David Cannavo, EP-3 Aries, Federal Acquisition Regulations Council, Fort Bragg, mattis, social bots, social media, Su-27, VA ID cards, vaping
Posted by Java Joe on January 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin defends F-35’s progress in response to a critical Pentagon report saying efforts to improve the joint strike fighter’s reliability are “stagnant.”
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force One, F-35, F-35 fleet readiness, Global Heat Map, International Space Station, ISS, Lockheed Martin, missile defense strategy, NASA, NASA InSight, Orion, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, women in STEM
Posted by Java Joe on January 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-35B is taking to the skies over Bogue, North Carolina. The short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing fighter is scheduled to continue sloped surface vertical-landing tests through late February 2018.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Adm. John Richardson, aircraft carrier, B-21 bombers, continuing resolution, F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force, F/A-18, flat-tops, General Dynamics Mission Systems, government shutdown, Judge Peter Messitte, sloped landings, STOVL, USS Pueblo, VADM Richard Brown, Vietnam relations
Posted by Java Joe on January 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Hackers are using unauthorized PDF versions of the controversial book “Fire and Fury” to spread malware.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags A-10s, AH-1Z Viper, amazon, Cape Canaveral, Falcon Heavy, Fire and Fury, Montana, Naval Surface Forces, net neutrality, SpaceX, Thomas Rowden, United Launch Alliance, VADM Richard Brown, Warthog
Posted by Java Joe on January 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Unpredictable Pentagon spending has DoD vendors leaving the marketplace. The defense industrial base is shrinking, research and development stagnant, meaning the weapons systems of tomorrow are not being developed today.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags chemical weapons, Coast Guard radio flaws, cybersecurity, F-16 Block 70, government shutdown, iran nuclear deal, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Penatgon spending, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, veterans homelessness, warship collisions
Posted by Java Joe on January 23, 2018 · Leave a Comment
A bipartisan group of negotiators in the Senate prevailed with leadership, trading Democratic support for ending the nearly 60-hour federal government shutdown, for a commitment by Republicans to hold a vote resolving the status of young undocumented immigrants next month.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags amazon, F-35As, government shutdown, israeli embassy, Little Rock LCS, paternity leave, South China Sea, UAS, UAS competition, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain
Posted by Java Joe on January 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Royal Air Force’s top test pilot says there is no comparison between the F-35 and the Harrier. Andy Edgell, stationed at NAS Patuxent River, said the F-35 and the Harrier, despite broadly doing the same thing (landing vertically), are “almost incomparable” in flying terms.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ACURL, Andy Edgell, Brandi Briggs, F-35, Harrier, IMPAX, Lockheed Martin, National Defense Strategy, NAVMAR Applied Sciences, NAWCAD, PAE National Security Solutions, Patuxent Cove Apartments, Pegg Road, USS Fitzgerald, Will Roper, Woody Williams
Posted by Java Joe on January 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Five Navy officers and a chief petty officer have been recommended for possible criminal charges in connection with the separate collisions of the USS John McCain and USS Fitzgerald.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Frank Caldwell, civilian contractors, Dan Jernigan, F35B, false missile warning, flu season, government shutdown, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, net neutrality, P-8 Poseidon, RADM Ronny Jackson, Son of Blackbird, SR-71 Blackbird, SR-72, US Central Command, USS Wasp
Posted by Java Joe on January 17, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The World Economic Forum’s report on cyber threats will be presented to 3,000 world leaders at Davos later this month, warning there is no “simple policy solution or silver bullet here,” that working collaboratively in the cybersecurity space is difficult.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Phil Davidson, Brian T. Ware, Coast Guard retention rate, cyber threats, cybersecurity threats, Fat Leonard, Gen. Joe Dunford, Islamabad, predatory lending act, russian sanctions, sleep issues with sailors, tax reform
Posted by Java Joe on January 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has successfully completed its first joint air-to-ground missile flight test on the AH-1Z helicopter at NAS Patuxent River.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aegis Ashore, AH-1Z helicopter, David Norquist, DoD audit, General Atomics, Hawaiian missile alert, MQ-9 Reapers, opioids, P-8 Poseidon, Russian drones, SpaceX, spy satellite, US Central Command, VA transparency, Zuma
