Posted by Java Joe on January 29, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The deal reached to reopen the federal government gives President Donald Trump and Congress until Feb. 15 to reach a new deal to prevent another partial shutdown.
Posted by Java Joe on January 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Olympic Steamship Company, owner of the merchant vessel, the ACX Crystal, that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in 2017, will pay the US government nearly $27 million as part of a settlement agreement. Seven sailors drowned.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Charles Kupperman, Chinese Sky Hawk drone, drones, government shutdown, Information Warfare Readiness Improvement Plan, Olympic Steamship Company, RADM Carl Chebi, SEAL Derrick Walters, US Mexico Border, US Naval Academy, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on October 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Drones are already changing the battlefield and impacting US strategy. Increased robotic controls of drones will likely also reduce the human footprint of counterinsurgency as the technology advances.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Origin, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capt. Jack Killman, drones, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, General Atomics Reaper, Iran, Iranian drones, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Raytheon, SEFIAM 1602, South Korea, SpaceX, Turgis et Gaillard Industri, Ukraine
Posted by Java Joe on October 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said drones are one of the greatest national security threats to America, rating them as severe a concern as cybersecurity hacks, critical infrastructure attacks, and terrorism.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aircraft readiness, cyber breach, drones, F-35s, Harris, Hurricane Michael, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Starliner, lunar lander, Saudi Arabia weapons sale, space fence, Vietnam
RADM Tim Heely and David Christian, author of “Victor Six,” will be the speakers at an Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn event offered by The Patuxent Partnership. The event will be held from 11 am to 1 pm.
Category Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags Bonnie Green, David Christian, drones, Patuxent Partnership, Pax partnership, The Patuxent Partnership, Tim Heely, TPP, TPP Lunch & Learn, Vanilla Unmanned
Posted by Java Joe on August 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Great Britain’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed for the US to carry out flight trials with F-35B fighter jets at the Portsmouth naval base.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Black Sea missions, deep-space habitat, drones, F-35 Integrated Test Force, F-35A Lightning II, F-35A mishap, HMS Queen Elizabeth, John McCain, Littoral Combat Ships, Mars mission, mental health study, Michele Evans, MUX, Orlando Carvalho, sea drone, space force, USNS Carson City, USS Carney, USS Sioux City, USS Wichita
Posted by Java Joe on August 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
A recent GAO report finds that as the nation’s fleet of small recreational and commercial drones soars, federal enforcement oversight is stalling.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chick-fil_A, Chris Shank, Cynthia Davis, David Oberst, drones, Fred Briggs, Jason Walker, Jennifer Long, Mike Griffin, military policy bill, NAWCAD, Patriot missile defense system, Pentagon Strategic Capabilities Office, Robert Hood, Scott Suckow, Sierra Nevada Corporation, space force, veterans training, war remains
Posted by Java Joe on July 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act allocates funding for nearly three times as many unmanned vehicles as in previous years.
Posted by Java Joe on June 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump directed DoD to establish a military space force to add a sixth branch of the military.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, afghans, drones, Eyes in the Sky, family separation, Joshua Schulte, M16A4, M4 Carbine, National Guard, space force, US visas, zero-tolerance border polic
Posted by Java Joe on June 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime System high-altitude long-endurance UAV has been officially put into service with Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 at Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mugu, Calif. VP-19 now has two Triton UAVs.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Karl Schultz, Artemis UAS, background checks, drones, hypersonic cruise missile, Jason Dunham, MALE drone, Manhar Dhanak, MQ-4C Triton, MQ-9 Reapers, Naval Strike Missile, spy drones, The Sullivans, US Cyber Command, VUP-19
