Posted by Java Joe on February 5, 2020 · Leave a Comment
DoD’s acquisition chief says the F-35 fleet is safe to fly, despite an unknown number of under-strength bolts in critical areas of the jet. Neither the Pentagon nor Lockheed know how many aircraft are affected.
Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DoD’s second-ever financial audit shows some progress, but uncovers more new problems than fixes. DoD has 3 million employees, 4,500 defense sites in 160 countries, a $292 billion inventory, more than $2.9 trillion in total assets, and $2.8 trillion in liabilities.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 737 MAX, Air Force satellite, Charles Schumer, continuing resolution, DefSec Mark Esper, DoD audit, F-35, Global Hawk, Mark Esper, N Korea, north orea, S. Korea, Schumer, South China Sea, South Korea, Su-35, US Space Command, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on September 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A warning from DefSec Mark Esper to US European allies: Be wary of China. It is beleived that Beijing seeks greater global influence by leveraging economic power and stealing technology.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, AMUX, Army aviators, CAREN, DefSec Mark Esper, government shutdown, Hurricane Dorian, Jared Tharp, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, SEAL Team 7, South China Sea, Walter Reed Medical Center
Posted by Java Joe on September 9, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords deployed last week from San Diego packing the US Navy’s new naval strike missile. It’s headed to the Indo-Pacific theater.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Boeing, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35A, facial recognition, Gabrielle Giffords, Hurricane Dorian, iranian drone, Littoral Combat Ship, Lockheed Martin, M1 Abrams, Mark Esper, mental illness, South China Sea, US Mexico Border, USNS Cody
Posted by Java Joe on August 27, 2019 · Leave a Comment
New Chief of Naval Operations ADM Michael Gilday took over as the highest uniformed office in the sea service last week. He says the Navy “will think differently.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags base security, Delta IV rocket, F-35B, GAO report, hurricane, Michael Gilday, North Korea, Russian S-400, South China Sea, SpaceX Starhopper, Strait of Hormuz, United Launch Alliance
Posted by Java Joe on June 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US is expected to have the largest international presence at the Paris Air Show that kicked off Monday. More than 2,400 companies from 49 countries will be exhibiting at the show.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags arms race in space, Baltops, European Union, Littoral Combat Ships, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reaper, Nancy Pelosi, NASA, paris air show, plant closing, Sikorsky, South China Sea, tanker attacks, Xi Jinping
Posted by Java Joe on June 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Trump has ordered that carriers go back to steam catapult systems for launching aircraft, a move that could cost billions and reduce the ships’ capabilities.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Baltops, Dale Feddersen, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, EMALS, F-35A, Gen. Joseph Dunford, HX-21, Mike Pompeo, national spelling bee, Nellis AFB, Saketh Sundar, Sierra Nevada, South China Sea
Posted by Java Joe on May 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate. Over the weekend, the FAA warned that current tensions in the Persian Gulf area could pose a threat to air travel in that region.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Alutiiq Information Management, Braxton Technologies, Coherent Technical Services, Daniel Mai, Darryl Williams, David Norquist, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, Eric Chewning, F-16 crash, Greenfield Engineering Corp., Iran, March Air Reserve Base, MATHCOUNTS, Persian Gulf, Simone Askew, South China Sea, SpaceX, Starlink internet satellite, US Coast Guard cutter Bertholf, US Mexico Border, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS John C. Stennis, West Point
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 April 16, 2019 · Leave a Comment
ADM William Francis “Bill” Moran has been nominated to replace ADM John Richardson as the Navy’s chief of naval operations. He is a Cold War aviator who helped reinvent the sea service as its top personnel officer.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Bill Moran, camouflage, Century Series, fraud, Japanese F-35A, John Richardson, Kaman K-Max, LauncherOne, Matthew Beevers, Sir Richard Branson, South China Sea, Stratolaunch, transgender military ban, UH-60 Black Hawk, US-Russia relations, USS Wasp, V-280 Valor, Will Roper
