College of Southern Maryland’s Engineering Club took a trip from the La Plata Campus to Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt in February, getting a glimpse of possible career opportunities.
Category Leader Features · Tags Allan Li, Camille De Jesus, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, CSM Engineering, Derrick Jackson, Dillon Mandley, Engineering Club, James Adkins, Logan Maidl, Ma’lani Wilson, Mark Nyman, Matthew Kenlon, NASA, NAVAIR, Patrick Brogran, Patrick Kelly, Ryan Robinson, Shadei Jones, Troy Robinson
Posted by Java Joe on February 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
VADM Robert P. Burke believes the Navy may need to offer aviation incentive pay and aviation bonuses to help retain pilots. “We continue to face challenges within some historically retention-challenged communities, particularly among aviators in specific model/type/series platforms,” Burke told Congress.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags artificial intelligence, Cope North, cybersecurity, Eurofighter Typhoon, John Gibson, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Pentagon aquisitions, pilot retention, RADM John Miller, Russian influence in election, USS Carl Vinson, VADM Robert Burke, Will Roper
Posted by Java Joe on January 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin defends F-35’s progress in response to a critical Pentagon report saying efforts to improve the joint strike fighter’s reliability are “stagnant.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force One, F-35, F-35 fleet readiness, Global Heat Map, International Space Station, ISS, Lockheed Martin, missile defense strategy, NASA, NASA InSight, Orion, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, women in STEM
Posted by Java Joe on December 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
ICE intelligence suggests small drones by Chinese firm Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) and purchased in the US were likely downloading sensitive US infrastructure data to the Chinese government’s cloud.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ajit Pai, Dà-Jiāng Innovations, DJI, DoD audit, drone, ICE, KBR Wyle Technology Solutions, Mars mission, moon, NASA, net neutrality, Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, transgender enlistment
Posted by Java Joe on September 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The US is losing ground in the technology war. China is investing in artificial intelligence and information-aimed equipment and capabilities the US is “presently unable to match,” says the Marine Corps’ assistant director of intelligence.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Gov. Larry Hogan, Hack the Air Force, Jack Cable, Military Star credit card, NASA, Pyotr Levashov, Russian hacker, Steny Hoyer, Wallops Island, will hurd
Posted by Java Joe on May 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Next Generation Jammer program has passed its design review during recent testing at NAS Pax River, NAVAIR officials say.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ALQ, defense budget, DefSec James Mattis, drones, exoskeleton technology, F-35, federal budget, Heather Wilson, NASA, Next Generation Jammer, North Korea missile launch, Saudi arms deal, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island
Posted by Steny Hoyer on May 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer has joined US Sen. Chris Van Hollen and all of the Democratic members of the Maryland congressional delegation to urge NASA to protect two missions that are vital to Maryland’s leadership in earth and space science.
Posted by Java Joe on January 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon is looking for ways to end low-ball bids for development project from contractors banking on collecting other DoD funds later.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags F-35 helmet, Graham, John McCain, Joseph Guzman, Leo MacKay, low-ball bid, McCain, NASA, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Senator John McCain, The Pentagon is looking for ways to end low-ball bids for development project from contractors banking on collecting other DoD funds later., VA, Wallops
Posted by Java Joe on August 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Iran escalates confrontations with US warships in the Persian Gulf.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing P-8A, cybersecurity, F-35 joint strike fighter, MH-60R Seahawk, MQ-4C Triton, NASA, NATO, Navy recruiting, Persian Gulf, S-3 Viking, sequestration, Skylark, space exploration, UAV
Posted by Java Joe on July 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The Marine Corps’ F-35B Joint Strike Fighter is getting a workout — and a good report.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags A-10 Thunderbolt, Ash Carter, Booz Allen Hamilton, F-35B, ISIL, Marine Corps, NASA, Poland, Red Flag, RIMPAC, SES, Turkey, UAE
