Posted by Java Joe on April 22, 2020 · Leave a Comment
MD Gov. Larry Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan procured 5,000 COVID-19 testing kits, capable of administering 500,000 tests, from a South Korean company for $9 million.
Posted by Java Joe on February 5, 2020 · Leave a Comment
DoD’s acquisition chief says the F-35 fleet is safe to fly, despite an unknown number of under-strength bolts in critical areas of the jet. Neither the Pentagon nor Lockheed know how many aircraft are affected.
Posted by Java Joe on February 3, 2020 · Leave a Comment
A DoD annual report says the F-35 has hundreds of unresolved deficiencies and new problems are being discovered regularly. There’s a long list of issues that should be resolved, including 13 described as Category 1 “must-fix” items.
Posted by Java Joe on December 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment
It’s a tall order from DefSec Jim Mattis, but the US needs more F-35s in the air. Ellen Lord, under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, says they’ll get it done.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Apache AH-64E, Arctic patrols, asbestos, Astrobotic, Deep Space Systems, Draper, Ellen Lord, F-35s, FDR Boulevard Lexington Park, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Japanese F-35A, Lockheed Martin, Masten Space Systems, Moon Express, NASA research, Orbit Beyond, space force, US Mexico Border
Posted by Java Joe on October 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Trump administration shifts US military focus from counterterrorism to competition with peer adversaries such as China.
Posted by Java Joe on October 3, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed’s contract for future F-35s is tied to performance incentives, but DoD efforts to tie all defense contracts to performance indicators has been withdrawn in the face of industry and congressional outcry.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Acquisition and Sustainment, Air Niugini, Ellen Lord, F-35, Jeff Bezos, Lockheed, Mat Winter, non-deployable, Panmunjom, Patrick Shanahan, performance incentives, South China Sea, Spratly Islands, truce village
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
Posted by Java Joe on October 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The US is amassing its military power in the Pacific region.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, C2-A Greyhounds, CH-53K King Stallion, drones, Ellen Lord, F-16, F-35B Lightning II, F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Greek Air Force, Henry Kissinger, M-60 Seahawk, Michael Griffin, mine-hunting, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., South China Sea, veteran suicides
Posted by Java Joe on October 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Along with everything else, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has to operate in harsh weather conditions. A series of tests is slated for Eielson AFB in Alaska, with the motto, “Ready to Go at 50 Below!”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags DoD acquisition, Eielson AFB, Ellen Lord, F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, global positioning system, Guam, M-Code, Military Code, Navy SEALS, Northern Mariana Islands, nuclear arsenal, Okinawa, presidential nominees, Sen. Jack Reed, USS Michigan, Veterans Affairs
