Posted by Java Joe on November 30, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The USS Nimitz is back in the Persian Gulf. The Pentagon cites the drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq as the reason. Others believe the killing of an Iranian scientist in Tehran is further raising tensions across the Mideast.
Posted by Java Joe on June 25, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Mike Griffin, who became the DoD’s first undersecretary of research and engineering in early 2018, and his deputy Lisa Porter have resigned. Of 60 Pentagon positions requiring Senate confirmation, only 43 are currently occupied.
Posted by Java Joe on September 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DoD will move $3.6 billion out of 127 projects next year to build 175 miles of border wall. Pentagon officials began identifying potential projects to cut earlier this year.
Posted by Java Joe on April 29, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DoD has been trying for several years to improve the way it and F-35 contractor Lockheed Martin order, stockpile, and repair spare parts. But findings from a recent GAO report imply that the situation may have gotten worse.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aegis virtual twin system, Boeing, Brett Goldstein, China moon mission, Coherent Technical Services, cyber-defense, Defense Digital Service, Hornet crash, J.F. Taylor Inc., Jim Mattis, Lt. Col. James Compton, Marsquake, Opportunity Zone, Patrick Shanahan
Posted by Java Joe on January 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment
With a special caveat to discuss border security later, House Democrats open the new session of Congress today with the goal of ending the government shutdown and reinstating a 1.9 percent federal pay raise Trump rescinded late last year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing KC-46 tanker, Charles Summers, Dana White, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, F-35C, Jim Mattis, North Korean sanctions, shutdown, South China Sea, space force, UAVs
Posted by Java Joe on September 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-35A airframe tests are expected to double the life expectancy of 8,000h, but tests are showing 24,000h of service life for the stealth fighters.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, defense intelligence agency, dia, F-35A, government shutdown, Harris Corp, Jim Mattis, KeyW Corp., Leidos Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Macaulay-Brown Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp., Sheppard Air Force Base, Southwest Research Institute, T-38C Talon, T-6 Texan trainer, Veterans Justice Outreach, Where's Waldo
Posted by Java Joe on August 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Navy is getting closer to fixing the technical bug in the F-35 JSF helmet, which allows LED light to spill out and obliterate a pilot’s ability to see landing lights on carriers at night. But for now, only expert pilots can perform night landings.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Harry Truman, helmet bug, Jim Mattis, JSF helmet, LGB troops, mattis, Midway, Norfolk, North Carolina, sexual assault, USS Harry Truman
Posted by Java Joe on July 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Congressional and Pentagon leaders are concerned that the steadily declining portion of the military budget spent on research and development is exacerbating the threat that the US is losing its technological edge against its competitors and enemies. The Senate Appropriation Committee looks to boost R&D spending in the FY19 budget.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Cmdr. Jarrod Donaldson, DHS, DoD budget, F-15, Falcon Heavy, Freedom Guardian, HHS, illegal immigrants, immigrants, Jim Mattis, Master Chief Jon Franklin, Metro Transit Authority, Mike Pompeo, R&D, Research and Development, sexual assault, sexual harassment, Space-X, United Launch Alliance, war games, Washington Metropolitan Area Tansit Authority
Posted by Java Joe on June 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Social media giants called on the FBI and Homeland Security to help the companies prepare for the upcoming midterm elections, but were told they would receive no information from the government on security threats.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags amazon, Apple, Australia, defense bill, defense minister wei fenghe, Facebook, Google, Hawaii, Jim Mattis, microsoft, missile radar, Oath, Snap, social media, Triton, Twitter
Posted by Java Joe on February 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Former DefSec Ash Carter criticizes the failure of the previous and current administrations to put into action Pentagon plans to counter what Carter sees as an ongoing war with Russian interference.