Posted by Java Joe on December 4, 2023 · Leave a Comment
Japanese authorities have turned over pieces of the wreckage of the CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week to the US military. Japan also has suspended flights by its Osprey aircraft after the VTOL based near Tokyo crashed during a training mission.
Posted by Java Joe on December 12, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Two US Navy Super Hornets suffered mishaps on consecutive days in November at NAS Oceana, VA.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army-Navy game, Basic Allowance for Subsistence, Black Hawk helicopters, Boeing, CACI Inc. Federal, Climate Action Network, Deltek, F-35A, F/A-18 Super Hornets, Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, government contracting, off shore wind energy, PFAS, same-sex marriage, SpaceX, Starshield, Tricare Select, US Space Command, Waterkeeper Alliance
Posted by Java Joe on June 23, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Troops making less than $45,000 would get an “inflation bonus” under an amendment proposed to the $802 billion annual defense policy bill being hammered out by Congress.
Posted by Java Joe on December 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon’s office of the inspector general announced the start of the first agencywide financial audit. Beginning in 2018, audits will occur annually.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army-Navy game, David Norquist, DoD acquisition, DoD audit, Ellen Lord, Georgia Tech Research Institute, government shutdown, IMPAX, jobs report, Mantech, ManTech Advanced Systems International, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Steny H. Hoyer, transgender military ban, veterans employment
Posted by Java Joe on December 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
President-elect Donald Trump thinks the Marines need more good men. Commandant Gen. Robert Neller says the USMC needs cyber specialists, electronic warfare troops, intelligence analysts, and engineers.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Alyssa Wilson, Army-Navy game, cyber specialists, F-35, F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, federal pay raise, Gen. Robert Neller, sequestration, South China Sea, USMC cyber, Webster Field
Posted by Java Joe on December 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin leads the defense contractor list, with Boeing, BAE, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman rounding out the top five.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 defense budget, Army-Navy game, BAE, Boeing, cyber security, F-35B, Lockheed Martin, MQ-8B Fire Scout, NORAD blimp, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Silent Nemo, veterans suicide bill