Posted by Java Joe on February 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy’s first female jet pilot, Rosemary Mariner, died last week. She was 65.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags F-25, Ford-class carrier, Littoral Combat Ships, MQ-8B, MQ-8C Fire Scout, NAWCAD, Northrop Grumman, Rosemary Mariner, suicide, Tornado fleet, US Mexico Border
Posted by Java Joe on January 16, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Long in coming, but now that it has arrived, the F35 fighter jet is winning over pilots and spectators with its death defying capabilities.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Adm. John Richardson, Andrew Dojo Olson, Anthony Brown, AV-8B Harrier, BAE, F35, F35A, Fitzgerald, Lockhee, Marylanders, Northrop Grumman, RADM Brian Fort, Raytheon, Sikorsky
Posted by Java Joe on January 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
End-of-the-year Department of Defense contracts have been awarded in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, region.
Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin’s experimental supersonic plane has officially entered production. Earlier this year, NASA awarded the company a contract to develop an aircraft capable of reaching supersonic speed without creating the sonic boom that comes with breaking the sound barrier.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Antares rocket, Australia F-35, B-21 bombers, climate change, defense budget, Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan, DoD audit, Gen. Joseph Dunford, Great Britain F-35, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Space X Falcon 9, SpaceX, supersonic aircraft, trade war, Turkey F-35, Wallops Flight Facility
Posted by Java Joe on October 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Drones are already changing the battlefield and impacting US strategy. Increased robotic controls of drones will likely also reduce the human footprint of counterinsurgency as the technology advances.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Origin, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capt. Jack Killman, drones, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, General Atomics Reaper, Iran, Iranian drones, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Raytheon, SEFIAM 1602, South Korea, SpaceX, Turgis et Gaillard Industri, Ukraine
Posted by Java Joe on July 16, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lots of senior American officials will be in attendance this week at the Farnborough International Airshow in England eager to boost sales of US weapons and aircraft.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army Futures Command, cybersecurity, Defense Security Service, Dr. Michael D. Griffin, Farnborough International Airshow, GI benefits, Hamilton Pacific Chamberlain LLC, Kathy Warden, Kaylan Kaatz, MVA computer glitch, Northrop Grumman, PAK/FA Sukhoi Su-57, Patriot missile, Peter Navarro, Strategic Capabilities Office, Wes Bush
Posted by Java Joe on June 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-22 Raptor has deployed to the Pacific as part of a theater security mission, swapping in for the Air Force’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Expedition 60/61, F-22 Raptor, F-35, FFG(X), Fincantieri, frigate Alpino, German drones, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reapers, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Senate defense policy bill, Top Gun
Aviation Systems Engineering Company was honored for its outstanding leadership, community support, and commitment to the economic growth and development of Southern Maryland on May 23 when it was named 2017 Member of the Year by The Patuxent Partnership.
Category Leader Exclusives, Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags Ajay Sehgal, ASEC, Avian LLC, Aviation Systems Engineering Company, Bonnie Green, HTii, Northrop Grumman, Patuxent Partnership, Pax partnership, Raytheon, STEM, The Patuxent Partnership, TPP, TPP Member of the Year, Vincent Bellezza
Posted by Java Joe on March 20, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Some Department of Defense top jobs remain unfilled two months into President Donald Trump’s administration. Supporters of Defense Secretary James Mattis hope that a top Trump aide whom they see as a roadblock for nominees will soon move on to a new role.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army secretary, C-130J, DefSec James Mattis, DoD, F-35, F-35 joint strike fighter, F/A-18, Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Lockheed Martin, Mark Green, Northrop Grumman, P-8A Poseidon, rex tillerson, vertical take-off
Posted by Java Joe on March 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The debate over the military budget is heating up in Washington between the defense hawks on Capitol Hill and the fiscal hawks in the Trump administration.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, defense contracting, Euro Hawk, F-35 Lightning II, F-35B, Great Mills Trading Post, Lockheed Martin, Mantech, military budget, MQ-4C Triton, Northrop Grumman, P-8A Poseidon, VX-1
