Posted by Java Joe on December 4, 2025 · Leave a Comment
Congressional leaders of both parties seek answers to a follow-up strike in September, of an alleged drug-trafficking vessel. Democrats accuse the administration of scapegoating an admiral for a possible war crime. The Secretary of War told the cabinet he was in the “fog of war” at the time and the president said land strikes will occur as well.
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Posted by Java Joe on January 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Newly sworn in DefSec James Mattis held what the Defense Department called a “Top 4″ meeting Saturday that included Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work; and Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AvCIP, Boeing X-32, cyber detection technology, drone clusters, explosively formed penetrators, F-35, Insitu, Lockheed Martin, Marine Gen. James Mattis, Northup Grumman, RQ-21A Blackjacks, Sig Sauer, Webster Field, Webster Field UAV
Posted by Editor on February 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Another round of base closure will be proposed in the fiscal 2014 Pentagon budget request March 25.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BRAC, budget, Chuck Hagel, contracts, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, F-35B, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pax River, Pentagon, sequestration
Posted by Editor on January 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Boeing-owned company is locked in a scuffle with a patent claimant over small Navy ISR drone.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE, biofuels, budget, Capt. Paul Overstreet, Congress, F-35C, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Pentagon, ScanEagle, sequestration
Posted by Editor on November 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The service is expanding its activities, especially in the Pacific, according to the Chief of Naval Operations.
Posted by Editor on November 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Conservative members want non-defense items stripped from budget.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force, budget, Congress, cybersecurity, EA-18G Growler, ERAPSCO, F-35, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Mantech, Marvin Engineering, NAWCAD, Pentagon, Russia, sequestration, UCAS-D, V-22 Osprey, X-47B
Posted by Editor on September 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan is in no mood for further Joint Strike Fighter testing and production shenanigans.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, China, Congress, contracts, F-35, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, NAVAIR, Pentagon, sequestration, Sikorsky, Super Hornet
Posted by Editor on August 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rear Adm. Randy Mahr says layoffs will continue at Pax River.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags biofuels, Congress, contracts, drones, Fire Scout, Insitu, NAVAIR, NAWCAD, PKL Services, Rear Adm. Randy Mahr, sequestration, UAV, UCAS
Posted by Editor on May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Meanwhile, the House adds $5.3 billion to the Pentagon’s tab.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, China, Congress, contracts, drones, India, Insitu, J-20, NAVAIR, PAK FA, Pentagon, sequestration, UAV, veto, White House
Posted by Editor on March 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Lobbyists pressure Congress to reverse sequestration cuts.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AAI, Afghanistan, biofuels, Boeing, budget, Congress, CSC, defense cuts, F-35, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed, NAVAIR, NAWCAD, Russia, sequestration, UCLASS