Posted by Java Joe on July 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The nearly $1.4 trillion spending plan — which would prevent a government shutdown this fall and do away with the final two years of budget caps known as sequestration — includes about $738 billion for DoD in FY2020, a 3 percent increase from current year levels.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, commissaries, DoD budget, DoD Fourth Estate, Mark Esper, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Strait of Hormuz, Turkey, Turkey F-35
Posted by Java Joe on September 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Up to 4,000 National Guard personnel are authorized to remain on the US-Mexico border for another year, although funding for the extended mission remains unclear.
Posted by Java Joe on August 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Early information emerging about the Navy’s second collision of a warship with a merchant vessel suggests the destroyer USS John S. McCain lost steering just before the collision.
Posted by Java Joe on August 31, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Not all bad, experts say: statutory budget caps keep the brake on defense spending.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, BRAC, budget caps, Canada, cybersecurity, defense budget, drones, F-35, F/A-18, FAA, Iran, KC-46A, MQ-9 Reaper, Pakistan, RQ-21A Blackjacks, terrorism, unmanned systems, V-22 Osprey
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 23, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Sen. John McCain says the US needs to spend much more on defense to counter rising threats worldwide.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags China, cybersecurity, defense spending, drones, F-35, NAS: Patuxent River, NAVAIR, P-3 Orion, P-8 Poseidon, Pakistan, Patuxent Partnership, Russia
Posted by Java Joe on September 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment
For a second year, Navy promotes fewer than 60% of in-zone aviation lieutenants, forcing an abrupt end of career for some officers.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Ben Kuroki, drones, EPA toxic release, in-zone aviation lieutenants, lethal drones, Massive Open Online Course, MOOC, Pakistan, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier
Posted by Publisher on December 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey reminds Americans of the hundreds of thousands of service members and civilians workers who do not take holidays off from the job of keeping us safe.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags army gen martin dempsey, BAE, China, DARPA, Dempsey, FAA, Israel, joing chiefs of staff, Morning Coffee, NASA, National Guard, netwarfare, Next Generation Jammer, Pakistan, Raytheon, robotics, robotics challenge
Posted by Publisher on December 3, 2013 · 1 Comment
No country will host the destruction of Syria’s most lethal chemical weapons, so the US is outfitting a commercial transport vessel to do the job at sea.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 7th fleet, Austrialian Department ofDefense, chemical weapons at sea, Cyber Monday, drones, East China Sea, Falco, Falco drones, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, JSF, MV Cape Ray, P-8 Poseidon, P=8A Poseidon, Pacific fleet, Pakistan, Quickstep Holdings, Seizure Sunday, Syria, UN, United Nations drones, USS George Washington
Posted by Publisher on July 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Details about landing a commercial jet in San Francisco; Pakistan’s bin Laden report; a decline in US deficits and Japan’s growing prominence.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Harpoon missile, Japan, NAVAIR, Osama bin Laden, P-8 Poseidon, P-8APoseidon, Pakistan, Ramadan, Raytheon, TSA Inc, US deficit