Posted by Java Joe on November 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Congress will include the largest class of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans next year, although the overall number of veteran lawmakers continues to decline.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2016 defense budget, Active Shooter training, DARPA, F-35, J-31 stealth fighter, Lockheed Martin, MQ-4C Triton, NAVAIR, STEM, The Lincoln Awards, Tricare, UAV, veteran lawmakers, Vets to Feds
Posted by Java Joe on November 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
An F-35C Lightning II made an arrested landing aboard the USS Nimitz in an important milestone for both the stealth fighter and naval aviation history.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AV-8B Harrier, cybersecurity, F-35C, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Military Times Poll, Navy SEALS, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Somerset Wind Farm, Subic, UAV, USS Nimitz
Posted by Java Joe on November 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Mr. Hagel believes the Pentagon needs a strong partnership with Congress to achieve critical priorities including another round of BRAC base closures.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BRAC, cyber security, electronic warfare, F-35, female veterans, Rear Adm. Mark Darrah, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, UAS, UAVs, Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons, veteran benefits, Vice Adm. Ted Branch
Posted by Java Joe on November 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Somerset County wind farm project now faces formal Pentagon opposition based on possible NAS Pax River radar interference.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AAFES, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, CSBA, F-35 Lightning II, Knowledge Management System, MQ-8C Fire Scout, Multi-Functional Information Distribution System, Navy SEALS, Somerset Wind Farm, TANAN, UAV, UCAS, USS Nimitz
Posted by Java Joe on October 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
DefSec Chuck Hagel approved a 21-day quarantine for all military personnel leaving Ebola stricken areas of West Africa.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Chuck Hagel, draft women, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, ebola, F-35, Federal IT spending, iRobot, ISIS, miitary banks, MTRS, Navy SEALS, Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy Office
Posted by Java Joe on October 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Axiom, a Chinese cyberespionage group that targets Western governments, is revealed just before John Kerry and President Obama arrive in Beijing for talks.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Chinese cybersecurity, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014, cyberespionage, defense sales, DMBA, DoD per diems, ebola, F-35 Lightning II, FilmArray, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, ship maintenance, Socktober
Posted by Java Joe on October 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Sequester rollback is possible due to the ISIS fight, potential Republican control of the Senate, the falling budget deficit and the emerging Ebola threat.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Asian navies, defense budget, Elop, F-35 Lightning II, French Navy, Lockheed Martin, SOM-J, UAS, UAV, USNS Montford Point, USS North Dakota, women veterans
Posted by Java Joe on October 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The J-31 stealth fighter is a land based jet but could also evolve into a carrier based ‘naval configuration’, and become a direct competitor for the F-35.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Angels, DISA, F-35, F/A-18 Super Hornet, J-31 stealth fighter, Lockheed Martin, MQ-4C Triton, MQ-8C Fire Scout, Northrop Grumman, P-8 Poseidon, USS Nimitz
Posted by Java Joe on October 23, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The FAA determined that wind turbines would interfere with radar used by Pennsylvania air traffic controllers at Erie International Airport.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE, Chinese navy, COLA, education benefits, FAA, Homeless veterans, ISIS operation costs, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, SilverSky, Teal Group, wind farm, wind turbines
Posted by Java Joe on October 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The number of vets in Congress has steadily dropped and now the veteran lawmaker count could sink to under 100 for the first time since the 1950s.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags cloud, cybersecurity, DARPA, Dell, federal budget, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, NGEN, SideArm, TERN, UAV, USS Carl Vinson, USS George H.W. Bush, veteran lawmakers
