Posted by Java Joe on May 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment
There’s a lot to like in the procurement reforms in the draft defense bill, even with concerns about some new workplace regulations.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags defense policy bill, European Union, F-16, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Inc., Israel, KBR, overtime, P-8A Poseidon, Pakistan, sexual assault, Turkey, US Naval Academy, Wyle
Posted by Java Joe on May 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Veteran military and diplomatic leaders see swollen national debt as the chief security risk to the nation.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags China, debt, defense contractors, drones, F-35, jamming, outer space security, P-8A Poseidon, territorial violations, Vietnam
Posted by Java Joe on April 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
A Navy P-8A crew rescued three marooned mariners from a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. The castaways used palm fronds to spell the word “help” in the sand.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ash Carter, CIA Director John Brennan, human-robot trust, John Kerry, North Korea, P-8A, P-8A Poseidon, robots, South China Sea, stranded mariners, Taliban, UAS, waterboarding
Posted by Java Joe on July 8, 2015 · Leave a Comment
It isn’t the Army’s first or the largest reduction in personnel, but it will hit domestic bases in ways earlier reductions have not.
VADM Dunaway makes no secret about NAVAIR’s goal of bringing more work in-house and using open architecture.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Ceres, CIA, department of homeland security, DHS, Dunaway, Homeland Security, John Brennan, NASA Dawn, NAVAIR, Northrup Grumman, nuclear submarine, open architecture navy, P-8A Poseidon, sequestration, Triton, Vesta
Posted by Java Joe on December 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
73 percent of voters want to lift spending caps in some form and 43 percent want sequestration eliminated and replaced with a bipartisan compromise.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, Capt. Butch Wilmore, Col. Morris Turner, Data Link Solutions, F/A-18 Super Hornet, foreign arms sales, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reaper, P-8A Poseidon, RQ-4 Global Hawk, sequestration, veteran lawmakers
Posted by Java Joe on December 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Lawmakers agreed on a spending bill that keeps the government funded but some Democrats now oppose the bill over modifications to a Wall Street reform law.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 2015 budget, Ashton Carter, EA-18G Growler, F-35, F135 engine, House Armed Services Committee, J-31 stealth fighter, Navy Band, Navy hair rules, Next Generation Jammer, P-8A Poseidon, Senator John McCain
Posted by Java Joe on September 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Sequestration-driven budget cuts are compromising American defense innovation and the next generation of weapons and other defense products.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags China, command advancement program, F-35, F/A-18C, military pay, P-8A Poseidon, Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution", security clearances, sequestration, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Java Joe on September 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Four years before the JSF is expected to enter naval aviation service, the US Navy is looking at F135-C modifications for future missions.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chuck Hagel, continuing spending resolution, cybersecurity, GAO, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, P-8A Poseidon, U.S. Naval Academy, USAspending.gov
Posted by Java Joe on August 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Maryland lawmakers, environmental groups and wind energy advocates want Senator Mikulski to remove spending bill language that would delay the wind farm.