March 29, 2024

Morning Coffee: 100,000 Jobs Promised Vets

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More than 100 firms in the construction industry committed to hire more than 100,000 military veterans across the next five years, First Lady Michelle Obama and  Labor Sec Thomas E. Perez announced in remarks at the National Symposium on Veterans’ Employment in Construction, reports Defense.gov.

The House and Senate worked into Monday evening to repeal the $6 billion military pension cut but no proposal can yet garner the sufficient bipartisan support to advance, reports The Hill. The Senate passed a procedural hurdle but still have no deficit offset for the $6 billion, reports Navy Times.

SecState John Kerry confirmed the US commitment to its ally Japan with respect to the East China Sea, where China and Japan have conflicting claims. Tensions are rising in the region, the result of an Air Defense Identification Zone China has imposed, reports Defence Talk.

The Congressional Budget Office lays out the DoD budget prospects relevant to scheduled budget caps across the next decade. The charts look at variables in acquisition, force and operations among other dynamics.

SecDef Chuck Hagel is seeking a senior general officer to oversee the effort to strengthen ethical behavior in the Defense Department. “Competence and character are not mutually exclusive,” Defense.Gov quoted Mr. Hagel. “… (A)n uncompromising culture of accountability must exist at every level of command.”

The Air Force is looking into using inclined orbit satellites, these are older satellites drifting into slightly wobbly orbits, to provide inexpensive satellite bandwidth for use by long-endurance UAVs. The challenge is to program the UAVs to track the slightly erratic orbits of their satellite relays, reports Defense Industry Daily.

US arms maker have a strong presence in Singapore this week where Asia’s top aerospace and defense show opens Tuesday. Singapore is a key market as domestic and European budgets shrink, spending in the Asia Pacific region rising as disputes in the region escalate, reports Defense News.

It’s still not clear if Italy is seeking to negotiate a better deal on the 90 JSFs they currently have on order, already a reduction from an initial 131 order, or if revived efforts by the center-left Democratic Party will prevail in slashing that order down to 45, reports Defense News.

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