Posted by Java Joe on June 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Defense contractors and the US military must globalize and adopt more commercial practices.
Posted by Java Joe on March 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The USS Kidd, a guided missile destroyer, has now joined the USS Pinckney in the search effort for a missing Malaysian airliner.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-1B, Boeing, drones, F-16, F-35, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin, MH-60, NAVAIR, Raytheon, USS Kidd, VA benefits
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
Posted by Publisher on January 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Blue Angels remain a revered public face of naval aviation, which alone among the services continues the F-35 cost debate even as developing future air warfare strategies.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, China, Chuck Hagel, Congress, drones, F-16, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Scorpion, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Super Hornet, UAE, United Arab Emirates
Posted by Java Joe on January 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Congress is considering a number of ways to further restore veteran benefits by making financial cuts in other legislative areas.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-3, B61, BAE, biofuel, CIA, drones, F-15E, F-16, F-35, federal contracting, Halo Barrier, Iraq, Lockheed Martin, spending bill, Syria, veteran benefits
Posted by Publisher on December 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Senate passage of the Defense Bill is predicted this week, but reductions in military retiree benefits and partisanship remain obstacles to passage of budget bill approved by the House last week.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget bill, Carl Levin, China, Chuck Hagel, East China Sea, F-16, F-18, F-et, Japan, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, military benefits, military retirees, national defense bill, patty murray, Rep Paul Ryan, Sen. Patty Murray, Senate Armed Services Committee, Sikorsky Innovations, Singapore, South Korea, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
Posted by Java Joe on November 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The MQ-8C Fire Scout can fly twice as long and carry three times more intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads than the current model.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags airspace, B-52, BAE, China, defense industry, drone, F-16, Fire Scout, JDAM, miitary technology, MQ-8C, Northrop Grumman, Operation Damayan, rank advancement, RMP, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, tax incentive, technology advances, territory dispute, UCLASS
Posted by Publisher on August 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Federal Helium Reserve will stop selling helium to private users in October. A slowdown in military investment in UAS has not slowed the industry.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AeroVironment, Amazon cloud computing, Boeing F-15SE, brain lesions, cyber warfare, Egypt, F-16, federal pay raise, helium, IBmcloud computing, Iranian high school students, South Korea, UCLASS, Yemen