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
Posted by Java Joe on April 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not reflect opinions of the Leader’s owners or staff. F-35 program manager VADM Mathias Winter tells Capitol Hill lawmakers that if Turkey is ejected from the F-35 program, it would deal an immediate blow to the production rate for new planes and place fresh stress on an already strained supply chain, reports Breaking Defense. NAWCAD Lakehurst has adapted weapons loaders for the F-35B, reports dcmilitary.com. The modified support equipment gives the Lightning II more…
Category Morning Coffee · Tags DefSec Patrick Shanahan, Department Homeland Security, exoskeleton technology, F-35B Lightning II, Gravity, Kevin McAleenan, Kirstjen Nielsen, Mathias Winter, Mike Busch, Niger attack, Rocket Lab, Ronald Vitiello, South China Sea, Stephen Townsend, Turkey F-35, US Africa Command, weapons loader
Posted by Java Joe on March 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
China is now the biggest exporter of combat drones, with the Middle East among the main recipients.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Arctic defense strategy, Boeing KC-46 tanker, Bridget Lauderdale, Chad Miller, Chinese drones, Dynamic Force Employment plan, F-35, Fort Trump, NavSec Richard Spencer, Navy housing, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Association, South China Sea, Syria, US Mexico Border, USS Harry S. Truman, Venezuela
