Posted by Java Joe on October 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
NATO’s Trident Juncture opens this week, a month of NATO military exercises in the Arctic, involving troops operating in the air, on land, and at sea. This year anticipates the biggest show of force since the Cold War with 50,000 troops in place around the Arctic Circle.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags $779 billion deficit, 18F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, amphibious drones, Arctic Exercise, Cold War, Eastern Shipbuilding, military supply chain, NASA, NATO, NATO Arctic, space force, Space Force Reserve, Space National Guard, Trident Juncture
Posted by Java Joe on October 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Two F-35B Lightning II aircraft from the F-35 Integrated Test Force have left the HMS Queen Elizabeth after completing a first phase of developmental testing.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Adams Communication, American Electronic Warfare Associates, F-35B Lightning II, Heather Cole, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Holmes-Tucker International, Michael Yu, Mini Anirudhan, offshore patrol cutter program, space force, Super Hornet, Webster Field, Worksaver Material Handling Equipment Co.
Posted by Java Joe on October 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Pentagon said it was grounding its fleet of F-35s, just days after the first crash of an F-35B led investigators to suspect there is a problem with the jet’s fuel tubes. Most of the US’ international partners have followed suit.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial drones, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, F-35s, Hurricane Michael, Korean War, land mines, overweight soldiers, space force, Tyndall AFB, war remains, weather reconnaissance, Wing Loong IIs
Posted by Java Joe on October 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The White House and Pentagon are looking for a new slate of senior officers to fill several key jobs with several senior military figures set to retire.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Applied Defense Solutions, AUTEC, Gary L. Thomas, Glenn M. Walters, Heather Wilson, HIMARS, Lorna Mahlock, manned-unmanned tests, military health study, MUT teaming, Ruben Gallego, single-stage spaceship, space force, VADM Paul Grosklags
Posted by Java Joe on September 25, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Canada plans to close a deal by the end of this year to purchase 25 used F/A-18A/B Hornets from Australia.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aerial refueling, Big Falcon Rocket, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Combined Federal Campaign, F/A-18 Hornets, Hurricane Florence, Jeff Bezos, KC-Z tanker, Lockheed Martin, military sexual assault, Skunk Works, space force, SpaceX, T-6 Texan trainer, UCAVs, VA budget
Posted by Java Joe on September 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Air Force estimates that creating a Space Force will cost $13 billion over the next five years, including an initial $3 billion cost to stand up the service.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chinese tariffs, EA-18G Growlers, F/A-18 Hornets, Fat Leonard, fleet tracker, Gen. Robert Abrams, Gen. Vincent Brooks, Hurricane Florence, Macedonia, military readiness, space force, Vostok
Posted by Java Joe on September 11, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The mid-Atlantic region is expecting to be impacted by the approaching Hurricane Florence. Naval Station Norfolk is among the military installation taking precautions. The National Hurricane Center says it is still too early to predict the storm’s exact path.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Great Britain’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed for the US to carry out flight trials with F-35B fighter jets at the Portsmouth naval base.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Black Sea missions, deep-space habitat, drones, F-35 Integrated Test Force, F-35A Lightning II, F-35A mishap, HMS Queen Elizabeth, John McCain, Littoral Combat Ships, Mars mission, mental health study, Michele Evans, MUX, Orlando Carvalho, sea drone, space force, USNS Carson City, USS Carney, USS Sioux City, USS Wichita
Posted by Java Joe on August 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment
As the Senate takes up the 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill, the White House has made clear it does not approve of a provision that calls for two littoral combat ships in 2019, one more than the Navy asked for in its budget.
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Posted by Java Joe on August 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Senate Majority Leader notes alleged meddling in US and European elections and the 2014 annexation of Crimea, saying, “The Russians are not our friends … [they] are acting like the old Soviet Union used to act,”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force One, Election security, electronic warfare, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Marines, Military Spending Act, mitch mcconnell, National Guard, Norway, Russia, Russian border, South China Sea, space force, university of north florida
