Posted by Java Joe on August 3, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The first US Air Force F-35A squadron is ready for deployment.
Posted by Java Joe on July 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon is looking for a few good bad guys for practice dogfights.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags A2/AD, combat training, Defense Mobile, F-35, F/A-XX, hacking, interest rates, Pentagon, Russia, Special Ops, UK
Posted by Java Joe on July 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Lots to look at at Farnborough, from trainers to fighters, to unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Apache AH-64E, BAE Systems, Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, China, contracting, CSG Government Solutions, F-35, Farnborough, Germany, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, ibm, Italy, Lockheed Martin, MOCAS, national debt, Net-Centric Enterprise Solutions, P-8A Poseidon, Philippines, Raytheon, RQ-170 Sentinel, Russia, Solutions by Design II, T-100, The Hague, UCAV, Ventech Solutions
Posted by Java Joe on July 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment
New realities lead to the president’s decision to leave a force in Afghanistan.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, BAE Systems, Boeing, Boeing KC-46 tanker, Chemputer, drones, European Union, federal workers, Germany, NATO, Poland, readiness, Russia, venture capital
Posted by Java Joe on June 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The Blue Angels will resume performances July 2 at the National Cherry Festival Air Show in Traverse City, MI, reports Navy Times. A month ago one of their pilots was killed in a crash while practicing for an air show.
Posted by Java Joe on June 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Keeping aging IT on life support is costly and inefficient, federal CIO says.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags arms treaties, AWACS, China, DARPA, EA-18G, F-35, F/A18, Federal Reserve, hackers, information technology, interest rates, IT, KC-46, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Russia, SpaceX
Posted by Java Joe on June 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Despite a bipartisan agreement, the White House objects to what it regards as too much tinkering in the Senate defense policy bill.
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 April 21, 2016 · Leave a Comment
After years of shifting infrastructure dollars to acquisitions, the House Armed Services Committee looks ready to pony up for bricks and mortar.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, budget, China, drones, EA-18G Growlers, F-22, F-35, F-35C Joint Strike Fighters, HASC, infrastructure, Israel, Kuwait, MQ-4C Tritons, North Korea, Qatar, Russia, salaries, transparency, veterans
Posted by Java Joe on April 20, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Google has run afoul of the European Union’s tough antitrust regulations. Charges believed to be forthcoming.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags acquisition, antitrust, base closings, BRAC, China, cybersecurity, encryption, European Union, FBI, Google, hacking, Iraq, JORC, Russia, sexual assault