Posted by Publisher on January 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Blue Angels remain a revered public face of naval aviation, which alone among the services continues the F-35 cost debate even as developing future air warfare strategies.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, China, Chuck Hagel, Congress, drones, F-16, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Scorpion, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, Super Hornet, UAE, United Arab Emirates
Posted by Java Joe on January 23, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“The future of unmanned systems . . . is focused on incorporating people on manned platforms with unmanned systems to create an integrated force.”
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags drones, eBenefits, F-35, Gen 3 helmet, Lockheed Martin, Mach 39, Pratt & Whitney, Ray Mabus, SecNav, Secretary of the Navy, Sochi Olympics, speed skating, unmanned systems, VA, Yemen
Posted by Java Joe on January 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Congress is considering a number of ways to further restore veteran benefits by making financial cuts in other legislative areas.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags B-3, B61, BAE, biofuel, CIA, drones, F-15E, F-16, F-35, federal contracting, Halo Barrier, Iraq, Lockheed Martin, spending bill, Syria, veteran benefits
Posted by Java Joe on January 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The House of Representatives passed the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill and it now moves to the Senate for its consideration.
Category Leader Features · Tags aircraft carrier, Boeing, Congress, F-35, F/A-18, Homeless veterans, Israel, Lockheed Martin, MQ-8 Fire Scout, OCO, omnibus appropriations bill, Ray Mabus, Robert Martinage, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, sequestration, TSA Inc, USS Theodore Roosevelt, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Java Joe on January 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Contractor charged with attempting to ship thousands of pages of sensitive documents to Iran relating to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s engine.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 3D printer, Aegis, BAE Systems, diversity, dress uniforms, E-2C Hawkeye, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, espionage, F-35 joint strike fighter, Iran, Lockheed Martin, Pax River coat drive, Raytheon, recruiting, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
Posted by Java Joe on January 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A full fiscal 2014 Pentagon spending bill will be included in a compromise measure that must pass before next Tuesday night to avert a gov. shutdown.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE, Boeing, DoD budget, drone, F-35, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Global Hawk, K-MAX, Lockheed Martin, MQ-1, MV-22 Osprey, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, Predator, same sex spouse, Tricare, UCLASS
Posted by Java Joe on January 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Federal employees will receive their first automatic pay raise in more than three years, 1 percent beginning Jan. 1.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BQM-74, budget, COLA, cybersecurity, drone, drug testing, Lockheed Martin, military retirees, pay raise, synthetic marijuana, UCLASS, USS Chancellorsville
Posted by Java Joe on December 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
In a recent letter to “the people of Brazil” NSA leaker Edward Snowden offered to help that nation investigate alleged American spying but would require Brazil to provide political asylum because the US “government will continue to interfere with my ability to speak.”
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Baltic Sea, Brazil, Chuck Hagel, CPPD, cyber security, drones, Gary Patton, Iskander, Lockheed Martin, missiles, NATO, NSA, Russia, sexual assault, Snowden, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, tuition assistance, Yemen
Posted by Java Joe on December 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Deal would avert another government shutdown, halve sequestration cuts for the current fiscal year and fund the government through October 2015. Pentagon spending cuts scheduled for January would be avoided while Defense spending is increased by $2 billion over last year.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Corporate Equality Index, cyber-attack, cybersecurity, DARPA, F-35, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Man of the Year, online gaming, sequesration, sonar testing, unmanned
Posted by Java Joe on December 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The House completed work months ago, but Party quarreling in the Senate continues to hold up passage of the Pentagon spending bill. Senate leaders intend to reconsider the bill next week after returning from a two week hiatus.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags drone, F/A-18 Hornet, Global Hawk, hackers, House of Representatives, John Boehner, JSF, Lockheed Martin, NATO, NDAA, NORAD, Northrop Grumman, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Pearl Harbor, RQ-4, security breach, Senate, sequestration, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, USS Nimitz
