Posted by Java Joe on March 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment
FAA says the Boeing 737-Max8 is safe to fly despite two crashes of the model in the past five months. The CAA in the UK, however, has taken the opposite tack and has prohibited operation of any 737-Max8 commercial flights into or out of UK airports or in the UK airspace.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2020 trump budget, Boeing 737 MAX 8, Boeing 737Max, Christopher Hasson, Democrats, ethiopian airlines, Fitzgerald, Merchant marines, Mike Pompeo, national defense budget, Smartronix, trump budget
Posted by Java Joe on January 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The first ever Pentagon audit led to the discovery of nearly $28B in funds that expired in 2018. The military is prevented from using expired funds for new projects.
Posted by Java Joe on November 8, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford rebuffed criticism from retired generals about deployment of active-duty troops to the southwest US border to face a caravan of migrants, saying military leaders are following a “legal order” from President Donald Trump.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Ben Jealous, imminent danger pay, joseph dunford, Larry Hogan, LSD, Lt. Joe Keiley, Mike Pompeo, Missile Support Facility, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, nuclear reactor, separation pay, southwest deployment
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 April 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Thornberry’s proposed 25% cut to DoD would impact “fourth estate” agencies supported by 200,000 civilians and 600,000 contractors, at a cost of more than $100 billion per year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, Castro, Dunford, House Armed Services Committee, Iraq, JSOW, mattis, Miguel Diaz-Canel, Mike Pompeo, Syria, thornberry, Zukunft
Posted by Java Joe on March 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The price of the most expensive weapon system in history, the F-35, has stabilized based on development and production costs. The DoD assessment does not figure in upcoming software upgrades.
Posted by Java Joe on July 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Problems still remain for the F-35 JSF’s helmet night-vision camera. Lockheed Martin officials said Friday they are aware of the issue and working to test potential solutions. Improvements to the software are underway and will be ready for testing in the fall.