Posted by Java Joe on September 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force has built and flown a mysterious full-scale prototype of its F-X future fighter jet, but details will remain a mystery within the connected air warfare systems platforms in space or the cyber realm.
Posted by Java Joe on November 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The State Dept. has cleared the United Arab Emirates to purchase of 10 Chinook helicopters for $830 million. The purchase must also be approved by Congress, which can still negotiate changes in quantities and cost.
Posted by Java Joe on September 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment
This is the largest and longest such agreement between the two nations. No details yet on the agreement’s impact on Qatar’s and Kuwait’s ability to clear long-awaited fighter sales from the US.
Posted by Java Joe on July 27, 2016 · Leave a Comment
East meets West: DefSec Carter opens a Boston Brainiac counterpart to his Defense Innovation Unit’s Silicon Valley unit.
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 May 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment
There’s a lot to like in the procurement reforms in the draft defense bill, even with concerns about some new workplace regulations.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags defense policy bill, European Union, F-16, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Inc., Israel, KBR, overtime, P-8A Poseidon, Pakistan, sexual assault, Turkey, US Naval Academy, Wyle
Posted by Java Joe on April 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
After years of shifting infrastructure dollars to acquisitions, the House Armed Services Committee looks ready to pony up for bricks and mortar.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, budget, China, drones, EA-18G Growlers, F-22, F-35, F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, HASC, infrastructure, Israel, Kuwait, MQ-4C Tritons, North Korea, Qatar, Russia, salaries, transparency, veterans
Posted by Java Joe on September 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Israel is concerned Russian weapons in Syria will reach Hezbollah.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Canada, China, cyber security, drones, F-35, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Israel, Jordan, Netanyahu, putin, Russia, Susan Rice
Posted by Sheila Gibbons on February 19, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Leader’s owners or staff. An anticipated Congresssional authorization of U.S forces against ISIS will rely on special ops, Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, told Defense News. Under the Obama administration’s current strategy, only a small fraction of the military actually will participate, he said. International sales could eventually account for 30 percent of Lockheed Martin Corp’s annual revenue, Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson told Reuters on Wednesday. Hewson…
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags education, General Atomics, ISIS, Israel, LinkedIn, Lockheed Martin, lying, millennials, Raytheon, Russia, Special Ops, UAV
Posted by Publisher on January 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Europe leads the US in developing weaponry to fit stealth fighters. Current weapons are too large.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Chamblis, Dennis Lewis, Israel, Israel and Japan, Japan, Kyle Rambo, MQ-1 Predators, MQ-9 Reapers, net neutrality, NSA, ONR, Rear Adm. Mathias Winter, Sharon Helman, Supreme Court