Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The 2014 defense bill must pass by Dec. 12 to avoid a $50 billion cut hitting the Pentagon mid-January.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, benefits, Boeing, budget, C-17, compensation, Congress, EA-18, F-35, F/A-18, federal contractors, Globemaster, government shutdown, iran drone, JSF, Lockheed, MAVEN, P-8 Poseidon, Pentagon, Senate, sequesration, Veterans Benefits, veterans programs
Posted by Publisher on November 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed, Boeing and Northrup have designs for NASA’s supersonic plane in 2025 and DARPA has plans for a space plane even sooner.
Category Leader Features · Tags AHRN, Anonymous, Automated Housing Referall Network, Boeing, Boeing Challenger, BRAC, Challenger, DARPA, Defense Authorization Bill, domestic telephone surveillance, F-35, Gen. Martin Dempsey, India, Lockheed, NASA, Northrop, NSA, open architecture, P-8 Poseidon, precision-guided invasion, sequester, space plane
Posted by Publisher on November 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Armstice Day approaches its 100th year of commemoration from the 1918 end of World War I as US involvement in Vietnam approaches its 50th anniversary in 2015.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Business Korea, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, Early Bird, JSF, satellite communications, South Korea, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Stars and Stripes, Taranis UCAS, Typhoon Haiyan, Vietnam, Vietnam War
Posted by Java Joe on October 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Military, federal retirees and Social Security recipients will receive a COLA increase in January.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Brimstone 2, COLA, death benefits, drones, Hawkeye, Hellfire, JSOW C-1, military retirement, online war game, P-8 Poseidon, Predator, Raytheon, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Super Hornet, Turkish drones, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on October 28, 2013 · 1 Comment
Defense firms use multiple tactics to protect their bottom lines as shifts in funding and wish lists force rebalancing.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-1, B-15, BAE, Boeing, defense contractors, F-35, federal employees, Lockheed, sequestration, Taranis UCAV
Posted by Publisher on October 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It’s all about surveillance, cybersecurity and learning to thrive in a virtual world; the Navy is among the leaders.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags actuator, Blue Angels, Boeing, CIA, Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA, exoskeleton, hackers, ibm, JSF, Lockheed, Northop Grumman, Tri-County Department of Social Services, Triton, virtualized computing
Posted by Publisher on October 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As Senate leaders near an agreement to avert a debt crisis and re-open government, House Speaker John Boehner continues fighting for a GOP bill but fails to win the support he needs from Republican conservatives.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-7 Corsair II, aviator training, Boehner, Boeing, Brazil, budget bill, conservative Republicans, cybersecurity, F-35, Lockheed, Marine C, orps Marathon, Republican, sequster flexibility, sexual assault, South Korea, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
Posted by Publisher on October 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Congress keeps working. So does the military. So do essential personnel. But otherwise, the federal government is closed.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Chuck Hagel, civil war, cyber mercenary, DoD, global weather radar systems, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Maryland Health Benefits Exchange, military pay, Obamacare, Office of Management and Budget, Patuxent Partnership, South Korea, spending bill, Syria, United Nationsw, US Congress, US Senate
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on September 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
It’s a nail-biter as decision on keeping government open is certain to go down to the wire.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags arms treaty, Boeing, China, college-southern-maryland, contractor security clearances, debt ceiling, F-35, government shutdown, Lockheed Martin, sole-source contracts
With a Congressional solution still beyond the horizon, the Pentagon gets ready for lights out, even as planning for the future of defense continues.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AirSea Battle, Boeing, Defense News, FAA, MQ-8 Fire Scout, MQ-8C, NASA, Office of Management and Budget, Patuxent Partnership, USIS
