Posted by Publisher on February 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Leading business magazine blasts DefSec nominee Ashton Carter’s history of wasting taxpayer money.
Posted by Publisher on January 7, 2015 · Leave a Comment
When to use military force and how much should the military be paid are likely topics for Ashton Carter’s confirmation hearings as DefSec scheduled for February.
Posted by Java Joe on December 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Lawmakers agreed on a spending bill that keeps the government funded but some Democrats now oppose the bill over modifications to a Wall Street reform law.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 budget, Ashton Carter, EA-18G Growler, F-35, F135 engine, House Armed Services Committee, J-31 stealth fighter, Navy Band, Navy hair rules, Next Generation Jammer, P-8A Poseidon, Senator John McCain
Posted by Java Joe on December 4, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The pay and benefits cuts were backed by both the DoD and White House in an effort to slow the growth of personnel costs.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Harry Harris, Ashton Carter, Boeing, cybersecurity, F-35, Fleet Cyber Command, K-MAX, Kaman, Lockheed Martin, military benefits, NDAA, Office of Naval Research, PIV-I, ScanEagle, US Cyber Command, VADM Jan Tighe
Posted by Java Joe on December 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Ashton Carter tabbed as the next DefSec but the choice will not be immediately announced because the vetting process is not complete.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 defense budget, Ashton Carter, Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer, EMP, F-35, Great Bay wind farm, Lexington Park, Lockheed Martin, Robert Work, unmanned underwater vehicle
Posted by Java Joe on December 4, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Mega-rich individuals are often providers and innovators of information technology such as cyber-security, cloud computing and data mining for both commercial and federal customers.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 1-percenter, AirWatch, amazon, Ashton Carter, Bezos, Biden, Blackberry, China Sea, Christine Fox, Chuck Hagel, Dabbiere, drone, dry submersible, entrepreneur, FIST2FAC, I-400, Lockheed Martin, MUOS, Octocopter, Pentagon, Prime Air, S301i, satellite, SEAL, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, submarine, training
Posted by Publisher on August 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Deputy Secretary of Defense makes the news rounds to tout a DoD budget realignment that rolls back the unpopular civilian furloughs and also to warn of a loss of military readiness as a result of sequestration.
Posted by Publisher on July 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Military budgets, military strategies, military industries and military security concerns convene in Congress this week as the Navy’s latest communication satellite orbits overhead.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Ashton Carter, Aspen Security Summit, BAE, Canada, Canada helicopters, Carl Levin, cyber-espionage, Defense Appripriations bill, DoD FY14, Drealiner, federal health care insurance, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Huawei, Isreal deplys missile, John McCain, Navy communications satellite, Navy jammer, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, sequestration, Sikorsky
Posted by Editor on November 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Congress is talking about fixing sequestration, but, so far, just talking.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Alliant Techsystems, Ashton Carter, BAE, Boeing, China, Congress, contracts, Maryland, NAVAIR, NAWCAD, Pentagon, Raytheon, sequestration, stealth
Posted by Editor on September 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The redesigned tailhook succeeded in catching a test wire three out of five times.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ashton Carter, Congress, contracts, Defense Authorization Bill, F-35C, General Electric, Joint Strke Fighter, JSF, Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, NAVAIR, Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River, NAWCAD, Pentagon, sequestration, Smart Web Move, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
