Posted by Java Joe on August 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment
For the first time, the F-35Cs launched, recovered, and maneuvered around the flight deck alongside F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growlers, and E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags army lead testing, Cape Canaveral, Chicago Air and Water Show, F-35C, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, GPS III satellite, John McCain, military housing, Russia, Syria, Yemen
Posted by Java Joe on October 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Remotely piloted Air Force drones were put to work to help combat the recent California wildfires. MQ-9 Reapers from the Air National Guard’s 163rd Attack Wing were put into service in Northern California.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, California Air National Guard, COMNAVAIRLANT, cyber threats, DefSec James Mattis, drones, electromagnetic technology, electronic warfare, F-35C, F/A-18 Hornets, MQ-9 Reapers, P-8A Poseidon, RADM Roy J. Kelley, RADM Trey Wheeler, USS Carl Vinson
Posted by Java Joe on April 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Navy has extended the grounding of all of its T-45 training jets indefinitely after a group of instructor pilots refused to fly the aircraft. The service’s engineers need to figure out what’s causing a spike in dangerous physical symptoms in pilots brought on by a drop in oxygen in the cockpit.
Posted by Java Joe on March 27, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has delivered an upgraded Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System to the fleet. The Tomahawk Weapons System Program Office has maintained the system since 2004 with incremental updates, but to ensure future viability, software modernization was required.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags F-16, F-35 Integrated Test Force, F-35C, Global Dimensions LLC, Heather Wilson, KBRwyle, military suicides, Nationwide Health of Housing Markets Report, NAVMAR Applied Sciences, NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corp., Tactical Tomahawk, Tomahawk, Tomahawk cruise missile
Posted by Java Joe on February 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump said he will propose a budget that would ramp up spending on defense and infrastructure.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags David Shulkin, defense budget, DefSec James Mattis, F-35A, F-35C, F-35C Lightning II, Intercell USA Inc., ISIS, john kelly, joseph dunford, NAS Lemoore, National Industries for the Blind, philip bilden, Serco Inc., Veterans Affairs, Web LLC
Posted by Java Joe on April 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment
A Navy Coastal Patrol ship confiscates illegal arms in the Arabian Gulf: hundreds of AK-47 rifles, rocket propelled grenades and .50-cal machine guns.
Posted by Java Joe on October 5, 2015 · Leave a Comment
House Speaker John Boehner’s replacement will be voted on Thursday, but the vote for the No. 2 and No. 3 leadership slots may be delayed.
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on February 17, 2015 · Leave a Comment
FAA drones rules proposal showing more flexibility on commercial use than had been anticipated.
Posted by Java Joe on November 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Somerset County Wind Farm debate continues after a 2-2 vote allows the project to move forward, but not necessarily to a final vote.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags cloud computing, cybersecurity, F-35C, Lockheed Martin, MUOS, P-8 Poseidon, RPA, Senior Executive Service Accountability Act, STEM, UAS, UAV, UCAS, USS Nimitz, wind farm
Posted by Java Joe on November 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
An F-35C Lightning II made an arrested landing aboard the USS Nimitz in an important milestone for both the stealth fighter and naval aviation history.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AV-8B Harrier, cybersecurity, F-35C, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Military Times Poll, Navy SEALS, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Somerset Wind Farm, Subic, UAV, USS Nimitz