Posted by Java Joe on July 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The White House needs to work fast to install a permanent Pentagon chief. Acting DefSec Mark Esper, the president’s pick for the top defense post, is not permitted to serve in his current role beyond July 30.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Camp Casey, Dambusters, Edward Gallagher, F-35s, Gowind corvettes, hot refueling, Lt. Col. Diosabelle Buack, Mark Esper, Maryland House of Delegates, Robert Gilliland, sexual harassment, SR-71 Blackbird, USS Harry S. Truman, vehicle rollovers
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 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy commissioned its first test squadron dedicated to unmanned air systems at Webster Outlying Field. The UAS trials squadron is known as Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX) 24.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Belgium F-35A, F-35C Lightning II, F-35s, Indal Technologies, Jason Dunham, John Bolton, MIL Corp. Bowie, MQ-8 Fire Scout, NAS Lemoore, NAWCAD, RQ-20 Puma, RQ-21 Blackjack, RQ-26 Aerostar, Russian drones, Tyndall AFB, UAS squadron, US Mexico Border, US nuclear weapons, UX 24, Wesley Sanders
Posted by Java Joe on October 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI said drones are one of the greatest national security threats to America, rating them as severe a concern as cybersecurity hacks, critical infrastructure attacks, and terrorism.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aircraft readiness, cyber breach, drones, F-35s, Harris, Hurricane Michael, L3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Starliner, lunar lander, Saudi Arabia weapons sale, space fence, Vietnam
Posted by Java Joe on October 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon said it was grounding its fleet of F-35s, just days after the first crash of an F-35B led investigators to suspect there is a problem with the jet’s fuel tubes. Most of the US’ international partners have followed suit.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial drones, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, F-35s, Hurricane Michael, Korean War, land mines, overweight soldiers, space force, Tyndall AFB, war remains, weather reconnaissance, Wing Loong IIs
Posted by Java Joe on October 1, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The first Royal Navy pilot to land an F-35B stealth fighter on Britain’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth tells his story. Flying the test jet from NAS Patuxent River, Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray touched down to start two months of flight tests.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, air-to-air missile, Airtec Inc, American States Utility Services, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Army recruiting, Blue Angels, cyber protection, F-35B, F-35s, foreign military sales, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Nathan Gray, PAE Applied Technologies
Posted by Java Joe on September 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
House and Senate conference committees have finalized a $675 billion defense spending bill. Aircraft of all kinds are the overall winner.
Posted by Java Joe on October 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour alert. “This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, AF chief of staff, says.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bowe Bergdahl, Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis, Cobra, Cygnus OA-8, Dawn Blitz, Elon Musk, F-35B, F-35s, GAO report, Gene Cernan, Gov. Larry Hogan, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, HIMARS, HMS Queen Elizabeth, hyperloop, Jimmy Carter, MQ-8B Fire Scout, North Korea, nuclear bombers, South China Sea, water contamination
Posted by Java Joe on April 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Don’t be deceived by the appearances of the E-6 Mercury. Though the Mercury doesn’t carry any weapons of its own, it might be in a sense the deadliest aircraft operated by the Pentagon.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags E-6 Mercury, F-35s, federal hiring freeze, GunnAR, Marine Common Handheld program, Mick Mulvaney, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, THAAD, Trident Warrior exercise, Unified Gunnery System, USS Carl Vinson
