Posted by Java Joe on November 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Video of a F-35 Lightning II from the Pax River Integrated Test Force conducting the first carrier-based night flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2016 defense budget, Boeing, contract bribery, cybersecurity, EA-18G Growler, F-35 Lightning II, FOSE, Laser Weapon System, Lockheed Martin, Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, SpaceX, USS Ponce
Posted by Java Joe on November 3, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Somerset County wind farm project now faces formal Pentagon opposition based on possible NAS Pax River radar interference.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AAFES, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, CSBA, F-35 Lightning II, Knowledge Management System, MQ-8C Fire Scout, Multi-Functional Information Distribution System, Navy SEALS, Somerset Wind Farm, TANAN, UAV, UCAS, USS Nimitz
Posted by Java Joe on October 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Axiom, a Chinese cyberespionage group that targets Western governments, is revealed just before John Kerry and President Obama arrive in Beijing for talks.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Chinese cybersecurity, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014, cyberespionage, defense sales, DMBA, DoD per diems, ebola, F-35 Lightning II, FilmArray, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, ship maintenance, Socktober
Posted by Java Joe on October 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Sequester rollback is possible due to the ISIS fight, potential Republican control of the Senate, the falling budget deficit and the emerging Ebola threat.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Asian navies, defense budget, Elop, F-35 Lightning II, French Navy, Lockheed Martin, SOM-J, UAS, UAV, USNS Montford Point, USS North Dakota, women veterans
Posted by Java Joe on August 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A report determined that the crash was preventable and occurred because the K-MAX pilots did not react quickly enough when it experienced unexpected wind.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags CVN 76 Ronald Reagan, Department of Veterans Affairs, F-35 Lightning II, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Frank Kendall, K-MAX, Orion spacecraft, RDML David Lewis, SPAWAR, Trey Mangan
Posted by Java Joe on June 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The report states armed drones should not be “glorified nor demonized” and resulting civilian deaths are fewer than from manned strikes.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags armed drones, BAE Systems, Boeing, data ecosystem, F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Senator John McCain, target drone, USS Chancellorsville, X-47B
Posted by Java Joe on June 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Federal services contractors are responding to government spending reductions, changing customer demands and increasing competition.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags cyber security, drones, F-35 Lightning II, federal contracting, female veterans, MQ-4C Triton, MQ-8 Fire Scout, Naval Academy, services contractors, Veterans Affairs
Posted by Java Joe on June 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Maryland average wait time is the fourth-longest for examined VA facilities and is more than five times the VA-defined guideline.
Posted by Java Joe on April 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Vice Adm. Dunaway says overhead costs overwhelm the implementation of new technology and that there is a “stranglehold” of proprietary systems.
Posted by Java Joe on April 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities are top priorities and include the Northrop Global Hawk and Boeing P-8 aircraft.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Bell Helicopter, Boeing, F-35 Lightning II, Hellfire missile, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, P-8 Poseidon, RQ-4A Global Hawk, Sikorsky, X-47B UCAS
