Posted by Java Joe on December 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon’s office of the inspector general announced the start of the first agencywide financial audit. Beginning in 2018, audits will occur annually.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army-Navy game, David Norquist, DoD acquisition, DoD audit, Ellen Lord, Georgia Tech Research Institute, government shutdown, IMPAX, jobs report, Mantech, ManTech Advanced Systems International, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Steny H. Hoyer, transgender military ban, veterans employment
Posted by Java Joe on December 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon is drafting a list of desired technologies as part of a new modernization strategy to coordinate DoD’s research and development, including at US laboratories and government-funded research centers. The goal is to make sure that the military is aligned across the services.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing KC-46 tanker, DefSec James Mattis, EA-18G Growler, EA-6B Prowler, flight simulation trainers, government shutdown, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham, skywriting, South China Sea, technology modernization
Posted by Java Joe on December 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Congress is scrambling to avoid a government shutdown. Republicans push for a short-term funding measure.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army robots, cluster bombs, DefSec James Mattis, Diane Briscoe, drones, government shutdown, Greg Yellman, Lucian Niemeyer, NAVAIR, Niger, Nikki Haley, North Korea missile launch, transgender military ban
Posted by Java Joe on November 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A Navy P-8A Poseidon flying over the Black Sea was rocked when a Russian jet flew just 50 feet in front of the American aircraft, leaving the Poseidon in the fighter’s afterburners.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags artificial intelligence, Charles Schumer, cyber war, cybersecurity, government shutdown, long-range missile, mattis, Melwood, military artificial intelligence, Nancy Pelosi, NSA, sheldon Whitehouse, Turkey
Posted by Java Joe on September 26, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The highly anticipated presidential debate is set for tonight, Sept. 26. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are reportedly preparing for this showdown in ways that appear to be as different as their candidacies.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AV-8 Harrier, F-35A Lightning II, government shutdown, ICBM, Minuteman III, MQ-4C Triton, presidential debate, Sean Burke, U-Boat Deutschland, U2 spy plane
Posted by Java Joe on December 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The terrorist group’s recruitment abilities would be heightened by “an apocalyptic war” with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, says Pentagon.
Posted by Java Joe on September 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment
A leaked document indicates Norway remains committee to F-35 procurement as its first model rolled off the Lockheed Martin line Tuesday.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Canada, David Petraeus, F-16, F-35, government shutdown, Iraq, manned reconnaissance, Norway, Senate Armed Services Committee, Syria
Posted by Java Joe on September 21, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Homeland Security employees are getting extra scrutiny to see if they are able to spot and reject phishing attempts.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags China, cybersecurity, drones, F-22, government shutdown, NASA, NAWCAD, phishing, refugees, Russia, SMHEC, Syria
Posted by Java Joe on September 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 program chief warns there is a danger of missing deadlines if his test fleet of aircraft are not flying regularly by the end of the month.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, electromagnetic spectrum, F-18 E/F Super Hornet, F-35, FY16 budget, government shutdown, Lockheed Martin, Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, NAVAIR, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The 2014 defense bill must pass by Dec. 12 to avoid a $50 billion cut hitting the Pentagon mid-January.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, benefits, Boeing, budget, C-17, compensation, Congress, EA-18, F-35, F/A-18, federal contractors, Globemaster, government shutdown, iran drone, JSF, Lockheed, MAVEN, P-8 Poseidon, Pentagon, Senate, sequesration, Veterans Benefits, veterans programs
