Posted by Java Joe on January 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DefSec Jim Mattis issued his farewell Monday as he turned over his duties to Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan. Mattis urged DoD personnel to “keep the faith in our country and hold fast, alongside our allies, aligned against our foes.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags cannabis, DefSec Jim Mattis, Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan, F-35A Lightning II, Gen. Carlton Everhart, Homeland Security, Hopkins survey, KC-135, Melbourne Air & Space Show, military pay raise, shutdown
Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin’s experimental supersonic plane has officially entered production. Earlier this year, NASA awarded the company a contract to develop an aircraft capable of reaching supersonic speed without creating the sonic boom that comes with breaking the sound barrier.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Antares rocket, Australia F-35, B-21 bombers, climate change, defense budget, Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan, DoD audit, Gen. Joseph Dunford, Great Britain F-35, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Space X Falcon 9, SpaceX, supersonic aircraft, trade war, Turkey F-35, Wallops Flight Facility
Posted by Java Joe on November 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Department of Defense failed its first-ever audit, but officials aren’t surprised. “We never thought we were going to pass an audit, right? Everyone was betting against us that we wouldn’t even do the audit,” Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan, DoD audit, F/A-18B Hornet, Hong-20 stealth bomber, laser weapons, Lockheed Martin, North Korea missile sites, space force, T-38 Talon crash, US Africa Command, USS Sioux City
Posted by Java Joe on October 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
A new study finds the US is woefully short of ships and even the current target goal of 355 ships is short of what the country needs. The study calls for a force of 400 ships.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 400-ship fleet, Adopt an Airman, aircraft readiness, cluster bombs, cybersecurity civilian corps, defense spending, Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan, energy drinks, Iraq War report, New America, Super Typhoon Yutu
