Posted by Java Joe on June 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The House Armed Services Committee passed a $733 billion defense policy bill.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing 737Max, chemical weapons, Clay Mitchell, counterterrorism, defense budget, Erdogan, GalacticSky, Guy Roberts, Horn of Africa, Iran, Libya, Lockheed Martin, Michael Turello, MQ9 Reaper, Naval Research Laboratory, nuclear warheads, Resource Management Concepts, Russian S-400, SmartSat, space force, Technical Data Analysis, Turkey F-35, Vector Launch
Posted by Java Joe on November 14, 2018 · Leave a Comment
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan suffered what authorities believe was a “mechanical issue” during routine operations Monday over the Philippine Sea. The crew was forced to eject. It was the second crash in less than a month involving aircraft from the Reagan.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags amazon, chemical weapons, Chinese tariffs, cybersecurity, Gov. Larry Hogan, Homeland Security, Hornet crash, Jamal Khashoggi, John F. Kennedy carrier, Kirstjen Nielsen, MH-60 Seahawk crash, Nancy Pelosi, South China Sea, Steve Mnuchin, USS Gerald R. Ford, voting security, women in legislature
Posted by Java Joe on January 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Unpredictable Pentagon spending has DoD vendors leaving the marketplace. The defense industrial base is shrinking, research and development stagnant, meaning the weapons systems of tomorrow are not being developed today.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags chemical weapons, Coast Guard radio flaws, cybersecurity, F-16 Block 70, government shutdown, iran nuclear deal, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Penatgon spending, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, veterans homelessness, warship collisions
Posted by Java Joe on June 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
NASA says the launch of the Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket is now scheduled for early Thursday morning, June 29, with a launch window between 4:15 and 4:45 am. This will be the 11th time the launch has been attempted at the Wallops Flight Facility. Southern Maryland skies are in the launch’s viewing range.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ballistic missile intercept, chemical weapons, defense budget, GPS III satellite, IIAP World Services Inc., John E. Burdette Memorial Award, Lauren Boden, NASA launch, Scorpion, sounding rocket, Syrian air strikes, Thomas Bowman, USS Fitzgerald, Wallops Flight Facility
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
The ice cap is melting faster than anticipated and commercial interest accelerating prompting the US to think strategically about security in the Arctic.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Arctic Strategy plan, chemical weapons, Chestertown MD, Chuck Hagel, Compass Systems, corporate taxes, cybersecurity, cybersecurty legislation, Frank Narducci, industrial policy, Jay Rockefeller, job loss in MD, JSF North Carolina, Maryland, Naval Air Systems Command, Norton Schwartz, O'Malley, Patuxent Partnership, Sen. Max Baucus, Syria, tax loopholes
