Posted by Java Joe on November 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment
NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft launched Sunday night for a trip to the International Space Station. And another first: Victor Glover became first Black astronaut to join a crew on the ISS.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, Arctic, Atlas V rockets, BAE Systems, Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, USS Bonhomme Richard, Victor Glover
Posted by Java Joe on October 19, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan strike group has returned to the South China Sea as tensions with China continue to rise.
Posted by Java Joe on September 29, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The Naval Air Systems Command at NAS Pax River is continuing its work on the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band pod for the EA-18G Growler. Get a quick peek inside the anechoic chamber, where testing for the prototype system was conducted.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags anechoic chamber, Aviation Systems Engineering Co., BAE Systems, Capt. Brett Crozier, Delbert D. Black, EA-18G Growler, ImSAR LLC, Merrill's Marauders, military suicides, Next Generation Jammer, presidential debate, SHiELD program, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Posted by Java Joe on June 22, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Capt. Brett Crozier will not be reinstated as captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt nor will he receive any further punishment for his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak on the aircraft carrier.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aegis Ashore systems, AV3 Inc., BAE Systems, Boeing X-32, Brett Crozier, Confederate names, Elaine McCusker, F-15C crash, Kathryn Wheelbarger, Save the Children, telework, Webster Outlying Field
Posted by Java Joe on May 28, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Lawmakers from the National Capital Region called on the Trump administration to drop plans for a second “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration in Washington, DC, July 4th. They cite pandemic safety concerns and also the cost of such a celebration during a time of economic distress.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 6th Fleet, Al Jufra Airfield, BAE Systems, Fourth of July, JADC2, Joint All-Domain Command and Control, Libya, NDAA, P-8A Poseidon, Salute to America, Su-35
Join The Patuxent Partnership and the Chesapeake Bay Chapter of Women in Defense as they hear from local senior civilian, military, and industry leaders on their unique career journeys regarding the state of the country’s defense community.
Category Art & Lifestyle, Leader Features · Tags Adelle Pierce, AM Pierce, BAE Systems, Bonnie Green, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dawn Rich, Dottie Simeona, Emily Harman, JF Taylor, Kairos, Leslie Taylor, MIL Corp, Patuxent Partnership, Pax partnership, Progeny, Smartronix, Tamara Campbell, The Patuxent Partnership, TPP, WID, Women in Defense Chesapeake Chapter
Posted by Java Joe on October 21, 2019 · Leave a Comment
An E-6B Mercury, a nuclear command-and-control plane, hit a bird while landing at NAS Patuxent River on Oct. 2. The Navy estimates the damage due to the bird strike at about $2 million.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, bird strikes, DefSec James Mattis, DNA testing, E-6B Mercury, Elijah Cummings, F-35, Iwo Jima, NAWCAD, troops in Syria, US Army North
Posted by Java Joe on May 28, 2019 · Leave a Comment
More service members, intelligence aircraft, engineers, and fighter pilots are heading to the Middle East as a “prudent defensive measure” against Iran.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2020 defense spending, AAR, BAE Systems, Coherent Technical Services, CTSi, Eglin AFB, Eric Fick, F-35C, GI Bill benefits, John Pinto, John Walker Lindh, Navajo Code Talker, North Korea, RADM Roy J. Kelley, Taliban, war crimes
Posted by Java Joe on May 21, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Recreational drone users will face new FAA regulations that will go into effect this summer.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Chancellor Robert Caret, drones, dual-band radar, Erdogan, FAA drone rules, Heather Wilson, Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, JPALS, Korsar UAV, Mark Esper, Osprey, Poland, Preakness, RQ Shadow 200, STEMConnect, Turkey F-35s, University System of Maryland, US Naval Academy, Walter "Ted" Carter
Posted by Java Joe on May 9, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Former Fitzgerald CO Cmdr. Bryce Benson gives an 18-page rebuttal of charges against him regarding the 2017 collision with a merchant vessel that killed seven sailors. The Navy also dropped all criminal charges against Lt. Natalie Combs.