Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DoD’s second-ever financial audit shows some progress, but uncovers more new problems than fixes. DoD has 3 million employees, 4,500 defense sites in 160 countries, a $292 billion inventory, more than $2.9 trillion in total assets, and $2.8 trillion in liabilities.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 737 MAX, Air Force satellite, Charles Schumer, continuing resolution, DefSec Mark Esper, DoD audit, F-35, Global Hawk, Mark Esper, N Korea, north orea, S. Korea, Schumer, South China Sea, South Korea, Su-35, US Space Command, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on January 14, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Acting DefSec Patrick Shanahan’s remarks during his 18 months at the Pentagon have spurred accusations that he is boosting his former employer Boeing, fueling questions about whether he harbors a bias against other big military contractors.
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 January 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has successfully completed its first joint air-to-ground missile flight test on the AH-1Z helicopter at NAS Patuxent River.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aegis Ashore, AH-1Z helicopter, David Norquist, DoD audit, General Atomics, Hawaiian missile alert, MQ-9 Reapers, opioids, P-8 Poseidon, Russian drones, SpaceX, spy satellite, US Central Command, VA transparency, Zuma
Posted by Java Joe on January 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Department of Defense Comptroller David Norquist is scheduled to testify before the House Armed Services Committee this week to discuss the progress of the Pentagon’s audit.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aegis, DoD audit, Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, Marines Afghanistan, Phalanx weapons system, Richard Spencer, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, Taliban, USS Carney, Zuma
Posted by Java Joe on December 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
ICE intelligence suggests small drones by Chinese firm Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) and purchased in the US were likely downloading sensitive US infrastructure data to the Chinese government’s cloud.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ajit Pai, Dà-Jiāng Innovations, DJI, DoD audit, drone, ICE, KBR Wyle Technology Solutions, Mars mission, moon, NASA, net neutrality, Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, transgender enlistment
Posted by Java Joe on December 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Global arms sales by the world’s top 100 defense contractors rose last year for the first time since 2010,
Category Morning Coffee · Tags air-launched cruise missiles, arms sales, David Norquist, Defense Innovation Unit, DIUx, DoD audit, Ellen Lord, Essye Miller, Military Bowl, Navy football, North Korea sanctions, Pilot Training Next, SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, submarine Dallas, the University of Maryland (UMD) UAS Test Site, TigerShark, UAS Test Site, USS Michael Monsoor
Posted by Java Joe on December 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon’s office of the inspector general announced the start of the first agencywide financial audit. Beginning in 2018, audits will occur annually.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army-Navy game, David Norquist, DoD acquisition, DoD audit, Ellen Lord, Georgia Tech Research Institute, government shutdown, IMPAX, jobs report, Mantech, ManTech Advanced Systems International, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Steny H. Hoyer, transgender military ban, veterans employment
