Posted by Java Joe on November 21, 2022 · Leave a Comment
A Government Accountability Office report finds that more than two dozen military aircraft fleets — the bulk of the US’s military airpower — haven’t met their annual combat-readiness goals in at least a decade.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Adams Communication and Engineering Technology, Air Force One, aircraft readiness, Artemis 1 moon mission, Artemis I, Austin Brockenbrough and Associates, Boeing, Chesapeake National Recreation Area, Fort Meade, GAO report, Government Accounting Office, Gusto, NOAA, North Korea missile launch, sports betting, STARBASE, Technology Management Group, US Postal Service
Posted by Java Joe on March 10, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The South Korean military says North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast as part of firing drills, a week after it resumed missile tests following a three-month break. Japan believes this latest launch threatens the peace and security of the region.
Posted by Java Joe on December 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A Defense Department inspector general reports says the most common personnel shortages plaguing the US Army’s active-duty brigade combat teams are cyber network defenders and electromagnetic spectrum managers.
Posted by Java Joe on August 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Defense Department’s inspector general says that contractors have returned more than $200 million to the US in the decade since it became mandatory to self-report potential fraud, waste, or abuse.
Posted by Java Joe on July 29, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DefSec Mark Esper signed a memo on his first full day at work establishing a task force to deal with cancer-causing chemicals found on military bases.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags cyber-defense, David Mandt, executions, glaciers, Mark Esper, Nice Bridge, North Korea missile launch, PFAs toxic chemicals, SpaceX, underwater sea grasses, US Cyber Command
Posted by Java Joe on May 14, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump is downplaying a series of recent missile tests by North Korea, saying he doesn’t consider the launches a setback amid stalled nuclear talks. South Korea believes they are in protest of the failed summit.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags B-52H Stratofortress, Chinese tariffs, F-15C Eagle fighter jets, F-35 parts, Fleming Begaye, Granville Coggs, Hornet emergency landing, Iranian threats, Mars helicopter, NASA Langley Research Center, North Korea missile launch, Patrick Shanahan, Robert Gates, SpaceX Falcon 9, Starlink internet satellite, Tuskegee Airman, US Mexico Border
Posted by Java Joe on April 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Earlier this month, the cutter Bertholf made a port stop in Hong Kong, the first time the Coast Guard has visited the Chinese territory in 17 years.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags amphibious drones, Blue Angels, Fort Trump, John Bolton, Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting, Mike Pompeo, North Korea missile launch, Silver Stars, South China Sea, SpaceX, SpaceX Crew Dragon, Sri Lanka bombings, Ukraine, US Coast Guard cutter Bertholf
Posted by Java Joe on December 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Congress is scrambling to avoid a government shutdown. Republicans push for a short-term funding measure.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army robots, cluster bombs, DefSec James Mattis, Diane Briscoe, drones, government shutdown, Greg Yellman, Lucian Niemeyer, NAVAIR, Niger, Nikki Haley, North Korea missile launch, transgender military ban
Posted by Java Joe on May 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
F-35B’s GAU-22 gun pod testing completed at NAS Pax River.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags cyber attacks, DefSec James Mattis, F-35B GAU-22 gun pod, GEN III Light Helmet, Navy railgun, Navy SEALS, North Korea missile launch, North Korea's Unit 180, Saudi Arabia weapons sale, Sergio de la Peña, Stephen Kitay, Vayl Oxford, WannaCry
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
