Posted by Java Joe on June 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Acting DefSec Patrick Shanahan’s bid to become defense secretary has been withdrawn. Reports are that he is resigning after scrutiny over a domestic fight with his wife in 2010.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Black Hornet mini-drones, Boeing P-8A, cybersecurity, early retirement, House Homeland Security Committee, ICE, Inmarsat Government Inc., Jeffrey Harley, Mark Esper, Naval War College, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Shannon Kent, Shoshana Chatfield, Turkey TF-X fighter, United Technologies
Posted by Java Joe on June 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US is expected to have the largest international presence at the Paris Air Show that kicked off Monday. More than 2,400 companies from 49 countries will be exhibiting at the show.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags arms race in space, Baltops, European Union, Littoral Combat Ships, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reaper, Nancy Pelosi, NASA, paris air show, plant closing, Sikorsky, South China Sea, tanker attacks, Xi Jinping
Posted by Java Joe on June 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The House Armed Services Committee passed a $733 billion defense policy bill.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing 737Max, chemical weapons, Clay Mitchell, counterterrorism, defense budget, Erdogan, GalacticSky, Guy Roberts, Horn of Africa, Iran, Libya, Lockheed Martin, Michael Turello, MQ9 Reaper, Naval Research Laboratory, nuclear warheads, Resource Management Concepts, Russian S-400, SmartSat, space force, Technical Data Analysis, Turkey F-35, Vector Launch
Posted by Java Joe on June 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 fighter jet continues to be marred by flaws and glitches.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Bill Moran, Army tours of duty, Bob Burke, F-35, KBRwyle Technology Solutions, KC-130J crash, Lisa Hershman, Patrick Shanahan, presidential helicopter, reenlistment bonuses, Russian Su-27, Sikorsky, spy planes
Posted by Java Joe on June 12, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The DoD-Lockheed Martin deal for hundreds of new F-35s will drive the cost per airplane below $80 million for the first time. It’s being called a “historic milestone.”
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Calvert St. Mary’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, Dawn Dunlop, Fort Trump, Ken Cuccinelli, Lightsail 2, Lockheed Martin, military housing, North Korean executions, Poland, Rep. Adam Smith, satellite imagery, smoking ban, Space-X, Turkey F-35, USS Enterprise
Posted by Java Joe on June 11, 2019 · Leave a Comment
US Central Commander Gen. Frank McKenzie says the threat from Iran that prompted the deployment of reinforcements to the Persian Gulf region has not diminished. But the USS Abraham Lincoln’s presence has made an important difference.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial dogfighting, artificial intelligence, C-2A Greyhound, Frank McKenzie, Iranian threats, Japanese F-35A crash, Laura Yeager, Naval Station Rota, Niger, Raytheon, Russian S-400, Sikorsky, Turkey F-35s, United Technolgies Corporation, US Army National Guard, USS Abraham Lincoln
Posted by Java Joe on June 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US and Russia are blaming each other after a near collision between warships Friday in the East China Sea.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army Broken Wing Award, Barb Gordon, David Berger, F-35C, Leo Wynne, Lockheed Martin, Marine commandant, NAVFAC Washington, Optionally Piloted Vehicle, Sikorsky, UH-60A, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Chancellorsville, USS Enterprise, warship collisions
Posted by Java Joe on June 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Russian fighter jet, Su-35, makes an unsafe and “irresponsible” intercept of Navy P-8A over the Mediterranean Sea.
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Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
House lawmakers follow Senate recommendations and back a 3.1 percent military pay raise, the largest in a decade. The recommendations also block plans to cut 18,000 defense medical jobs.
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Posted by Java Joe on June 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Amid a busy spring responding to flooding and tornadoes in the Midwest, the National Guard is gearing up for hurricane season, which officially kicked off Saturday and will last until the end of November. Last year’s hurricanes were particularly destructive for some of the military’s most critical bases.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-10 Warthog, Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, Air Force promotions, Air Force Thunderbirds, B-52 bomber, boeing 737 max, hurricane season, KC-46A Pegasus, Kevin Hassett, Navy Blue Angels, South Korea military exercise
