Posted by Java Joe on July 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Advances in radar technology may be chipping away at stealth’s low visibility.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags B-21, carrier landings, cyberspace, defense budget, drones, F-35, information technology, Magic Carpet, military bands, MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System, MQ-9 Reaper, NATO, stealth bomber
Posted by Java Joe on June 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Promising testing of technology that would reduce fuel burn would lengthen the flying life of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags cybersecurity, F-35, GAO, IT, MQ-4C Triton, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NAVAIR, North Korea, P-8A Poseidon, Pratt and Whitney, retirement, virtual reality, Volocopter
Posted by Java Joe on June 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Brexit, the UK’s possible departure from the European Union, could cause global firms, particularly defense industries, to scale back business.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags B-21, BRAC, Brexit, China, cybersecurity, defense contractors, drones, F-35, F/A-18, Israel, readiness, sequester, supercomputers, UAS, veterans preference
Posted by Java Joe on June 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Keeping aging IT on life support is costly and inefficient, federal CIO says.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags arms treaties, AWACS, China, DARPA, EA-18G, F-35, F/A18, Federal Reserve, hackers, information technology, interest rates, IT, KC-46, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Russia, SpaceX
Posted by Java Joe on June 15, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Discovery that the shooter in the Orlando nightclub massacre worked for a counterterrorism firm calls into question how wisely security dollars are being spent.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, defense policy bill, defense spending bill, Denmark, drones, F-15, F-35, Iran, Lockheed Martin, NATO, North Korea, P-8A Poseidon, South Korea, X-47B
Posted by Java Joe on June 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment
House Speaker Paul Ryan wants to eliminate amendments that are bogging down, and sometimes killing, spending bills.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Angels, Canada, China, collision-avoidance technology, credit card fraud, cyber crime, cybersecurity, drones, F-16, F-35, India, legislation, MQ-8C Fire Scout, the Netherlands
Posted by Java Joe on June 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Despite a bipartisan agreement, the White House objects to what it regards as too much tinkering in the Senate defense policy bill.
Posted by Java Joe on May 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Sen. John McCain says the US needs to spend much more on defense to counter rising threats worldwide.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags China, cybersecurity, defense spending, drones, F-35, NAS: Patuxent River, NAVAIR, P-3 Orion, P-8 Poseidon, Pakistan, Patuxent Partnership, Russia
Posted by Java Joe on May 18, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is angered by “unhelpful micromanagement” resulting in changes to the draft Defense Authorization Bill.
Posted by Java Joe on May 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
What Is the Pentagon’s Multi-Billion Dollar F-35 Really Supposed to Do?