Posted by Java Joe on November 7, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A defense industry analyst says the earnings outlook for defense companies may trend upward, assuming a House conference committee authorizes a defense budget closer to the Senate version with much higher defense spending than the White House has sought.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 21, Bowe Bergdahl, defense contractors, F-35, HX-21, Jack Lynch, jobs report, North Korean missiles, RADM Michael Dumont, Shinzo Abe, Space Corps, veterans employment, Willie McCool
Posted by Java Joe on November 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Upkeep of the F-35 JSF fleet will become more challenging as the Pentagon prepares for what the program’s manager has called a “tsunami” of new production.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-29B Super Tucano, Agent Orange, B-1 Bombers, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, earth-imaging satellites, Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle, JSF Program Office, North Korea sanctions, Orbital ATK, Orbital ATK Minotaur C, Orca, sequestration, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, Vox Orbit, XLUUV
Posted by Java Joe on November 2, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A groundbreaking is scheduled today, Nov. 2, 2017, for a cyberspace facility at Fort Meade, Maryland. Gov. Larry Hogan will give the keynote address.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Fort Meade, GOP tax cuts, hurricane relief, Jose Andres, National Security Agency, NSA, nuclear arsenal, terror attack, US Cyber Command, Veterans Month, war on terror
Posted by Java Joe on November 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Despite bipartisan unease with the 2001-2002 war authorization allowing the military to continue to fight the Islamic State forces, there is no congressional agreement on a path forward to address an update.
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Posted by Java Joe on October 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The US is amassing its military power in the Pacific region.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, C2-A Greyhounds, CH-53K King Stallion, drones, Ellen Lord, F-16, F-35B Lightning II, F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Greek Air Force, Henry Kissinger, M-60 Seahawk, Michael Griffin, mine-hunting, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., South China Sea, veteran suicides
Posted by Java Joe on October 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A Government Accountability Office report says DoD’s new fleet of F-35 Lightning IIs is experiencing spare parts shortages and other sustainment problems that are hurting the readiness of the fighter jets.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, DefSec James Mattis, demilitarized zone, Embraer A-29s, F-16C crash, F-16C Fighting Falcon, F-35 Lightning II, hurricane relief, Knifefish, Navy rescue, Niger, Oak HIll, robotics, sea rescue, Tucanos, unmanned underwater vehicle, USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt, UUV, Wasp
Posted by Java Joe on October 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
F-35A pilots report five more Hypoxia-like episodes with tingling fingers and other symptoms. In June the deaths of four Hornet pilots were attributed to “physiological episodes” associated with the oxygen deprivation of Hypoxia.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags ballistic missile, cybersecurity, F-35, F-35 cost, hypoxia, Niger, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, North Korea, Vector, Vector-R-Rocket, Wallops Island, white nationalism
Posted by Java Joe on October 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Not Congress, the Pentagon, nor President Donald Trump’s campaign promises can provide a path to a 355-ship Navy, more likely DoD will eat another round of sequester cuts.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Americans for Prosperity, Concerned Veterans for America, cybersecurity, Dunford, Heritage Action for America, Jeff Sessions, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Joe Dunford, National Taxpayers Union, Niger, Royal Air Force, Sgt. Gary “Mike” Rose, Tea Party Nation, US Computer Emergency Readiness Team, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on October 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour alert. “This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, AF chief of staff, says.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bowe Bergdahl, Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis, Cobra, Cygnus OA-8, Dawn Blitz, Elon Musk, F-35B, F-35s, GAO report, Gene Cernan, Gov. Larry Hogan, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, HIMARS, HMS Queen Elizabeth, hyperloop, Jimmy Carter, MQ-8B Fire Scout, North Korea, nuclear bombers, South China Sea, water contamination
Posted by Java Joe on October 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Remotely piloted Air Force drones were put to work to help combat the recent California wildfires. MQ-9 Reapers from the Air National Guard’s 163rd Attack Wing were put into service in Northern California.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, California Air National Guard, COMNAVAIRLANT, cyber threats, DefSec James Mattis, drones, electromagnetic technology, electronic warfare, F-35C, F/A-18 Hornets, MQ-9 Reapers, P-8A Poseidon, RADM Roy J. Kelley, RADM Trey Wheeler, USS Carl Vinson
