Posted by Java Joe on October 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Military, federal retirees and Social Security recipients will receive a COLA increase in January.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Brimstone 2, COLA, death benefits, drones, Hawkeye, Hellfire, JSOW C-1, military retirement, online war game, P-8 Poseidon, Predator, Raytheon, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Super Hornet, Turkish drones, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Java Joe on October 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
They’ve changed the way we go to war.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BUPERS, cybersecurity, drones, EA-18G Growler, F-35C, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, Lockheed Martin, stealth destroyer, USS Zumwalt
Posted by Publisher on October 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As the JSF undergoes increasing cost surveillance and accountability studies at home, the White House is making foreign weapon sales easier.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags accountability, airship, al Shabaab, blimp, drones, F-13, federal retirement, healthcare.gov, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, jsf accountability, killer robots, military budget, moon landings, Nairobi, sequestration, somalia, weapon sales, X-47
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on October 28, 2013 · 1 Comment
Defense firms use multiple tactics to protect their bottom lines as shifts in funding and wish lists force rebalancing.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-1, B-15, BAE, Boeing, defense contractors, F-35, federal employees, Lockheed, sequestration, Taranis UCAV
Posted by Publisher on October 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It’s all about surveillance, cybersecurity and learning to thrive in a virtual world; the Navy is among the leaders.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags actuator, Blue Angels, Boeing, CIA, Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA, exoskeleton, hackers, ibm, JSF, Lockheed, Northop Grumman, Tri-County Department of Social Services, Triton, virtualized computing
Posted by Publisher on October 23, 2013 · 1 Comment
Large defense firms fared better than small firms in the first round of sequestration and small companies are urged to raise their visibility as analysts predict budget contractions will continue.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Amnesty International, cybersecurity guidelines to industry, drone strike, General Dynamics, ground sensors to UAV, Human Rights Watch, John Kerry, Lockheed profits, NSA, Saudi Arabia, third quarter profits
Posted by Publisher on October 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The stock of the X-47B is climbing. This month it became the first Navy program or product to snag one of Popular Mechanics’ Breakthrough Awards.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2013 Breakthrough Awards, DoD competition, furloughed, government shutdown, industry and trade shows, kyrgyzstan, Morning Coffee, Navy Yard shooting, Popular Mechanics, romania, UCAS-D, VA, Veterans Affairs, X-47, X-47B
Posted by Publisher on October 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Reeling with productivity losses from the shutdown and facing another sequestration hit, the Pentagon continues with plans to sell $10.8 billion in munitions to Persian Gulf allies.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Beau Duarte, COLA, Concorde, cost of living adjustment, F-35, furlough, Jaime Engdahl, JSF, LiFi, primes, productivity, sequestration, Supercommittee Light, WiFi
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on October 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Congress passed and Obama has signed a bill to finally clear the way to reopen government and avoid default.
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Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags default, drones, F-35 joint strike fighter, Federal IT spending, government shutdown, Iran, Italy, Norway, sequester, stock market
Posted by Publisher on October 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As Senate leaders near an agreement to avert a debt crisis and re-open government, House Speaker John Boehner continues fighting for a GOP bill but fails to win the support he needs from Republican conservatives.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-7 Corsair II, aviator training, Boehner, Boeing, Brazil, budget bill, conservative Republicans, cybersecurity, F-35, Lockheed, Marine C, orps Marathon, Republican, sequster flexibility, sexual assault, South Korea, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
