Hegseth Sworn-In as New DefSec
Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense secretary Friday night after a 51-50 vote, reports The Washington Post. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the vote to break the Senate’s 50-50 vote.
New Ford Carrier Declared Navy’s Top Priority
Facing bipartisan criticism of the $13B, most modern and most expensive carrier in history, Acting NavSec Thomas Modly declared deployment of the troubled Ford carrier to be the Navy’s top priority.
Readiness Rate of F-35s Raises Questions
A Project on Government Oversight’s Center for Defense Information June 2019 reports reveals that 8.7 percent of the 23 F-35s jets in the Edwards Air Force Base test fleet were “fully mission capable.”
SpaceX Set to Launch Today
The key to making the cargo drop to the space station profitable, is bringing the rocket back home in reuasble condition.
