Posted by Java Joe on April 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Boeing X-47B to start new sea trials and the UCLASS X-47B follow on RFP is scheduled for release this summer.
Posted by Java Joe on March 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The USS Kidd, a guided missile destroyer, has now joined the USS Pinckney in the search effort for a missing Malaysian airliner.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-1B, Boeing, drones, F-16, F-35, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin, MH-60, NAVAIR, Raytheon, USS Kidd, VA benefits
Posted by Java Joe on March 6, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Military personnel spending may drop to 2008 levels as DOD cuts back from steep wartime expenditures under the 2015 budget request released Tuesday.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 budget, Boeing, F-35C, Global Hawk, LCS, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, MQ-8C Fire Scout, P-8A Poseidon, Raytheon, U-2
Posted by Publisher on March 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Even as the Navy buys more aircraft, some pilots are planning for a future flying from a desk with a joy stick and keyboard.
Posted by Publisher on February 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Personnel, benefits, ships and entire military bases are on the chopping block, but still DoD is far short of what sequestration might still require for FY2015.
Posted by Java Joe on February 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The new generation of laser weapons are approaching the power and efficiency needed for active military use.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, COLA, Congress, EA-18, F-35C, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Frank Kendall, JSF, laser weapons, Lockheed Martin, MSA, norovirus, P-8 Poseidon, sonic boom, texting while driving, USS Iwo Jima
Posted by Java Joe on February 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Obama’s recent tightening of guidelines for the use of CIA attack UAVs is hampering efforts to eliminate a suspected American al-Qaida operative.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags al-Qaida, Boeing, CBP, chemical weapons, CIA, Congress, cyber security, drones, F-16, Lockheed Martin, MV Cape Ray, Pentagon, Syria, TALOS, tuition, veterans
Posted by Java Joe on January 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A DoD acquisition executive responded this week to a negative report on the Navy’s Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, CBP, China, Coherent Technical Services, COLA, CTSi, deer crashes, DoD, drone, F-35 joint strike fighter, Inspector General, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Operation Homeport, P-8 Poseidon, P-8A, Predator, UAS
Posted by Java Joe on January 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The future of Sikorsky, America’s leading helicopter maker, is being evaluated by its parent company.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 21st Century Sailors Office, BAE Systems, Boeing, Chuck Hagel, DARPA, drone, drone medals, F-15 Silent Eagle, F-35 Lightning, F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Joint Strike Fighter, Lockheed Martin, military compensation, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky, South Korea, USS George Washington, UTC
Posted by Publisher on January 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Blue Angels remain a revered public face of naval aviation, which alone among the services continues the F-35 cost debate even as developing future air warfare strategies.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, China, Chuck Hagel, Congress, drones, F-16, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Scorpion, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Super Hornet, UAE, United Arab Emirates