April 18, 2024

Morning Coffee: P-8A Enters Full-Rate Production

Even as the Navy buys more aircraft, some pilots are planning for a future flying from a desk with a joy stick and keyboard.

Morning Coffee: Pentagon Cyber Budget Gets Boost

Increased spending will be aimed at improving cyber capabilities including cyber security, intelligence gathering, and reconnaissance.

Morning Coffee: Navy Cryptologist Likely to Lead NSA

VADM Michael S. Rogers has long been seen as a likely candidate to lead NSA and the Pentagon’s cyberwarfare organization.

UAS Launches from Sub, Budgets Keep Shrinking

US military technology continues to advance and the whole world wants it. Meanwhile the US military budget crumbles.

Cyber Weaponry a Considered Option in Syria

A Senate committee narrowly supports a US strike in Syria with time and force restrictions while private discussions at the Pentagon, Fort Meade and D.C. include cyber options.

Primes Are Resilient in Second Quarter Financials

While the large contractors are holding their own, the DoD budget struggles across the floor of the House.

100 Amendments OK’d for House DoD Budget Debate

Amendments on NSA email surveillance, arms to Syria and the US role in Egypt are among those approved for consideration as the House tackles the DoD budget bill.

A Contentious Week Ahead for DoD on The Hill

Military budgets, military strategies, military industries and military security concerns convene in Congress this week as the Navy’s latest communication satellite orbits overhead.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gross Awarded Purple Heart

The 26 year old Hospital Corpsman was injured while responding to explosions at Camp Bastion during his night shift at the clinic.

Of Buddhas and Birth Order

Barniyan Buddha

Talks at St. Mary’s College focus on Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Buddhas and Yona Harvey’s writing on family.