Posted by Java Joe on October 18, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Drones are already changing the battlefield and impacting US strategy. Increased robotic controls of drones will likely also reduce the human footprint of counterinsurgency as the technology advances.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Origin, Booz Allen Hamilton, Capt. Jack Killman, drones, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, General Atomics Reaper, Iran, Iranian drones, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Raytheon, SEFIAM 1602, South Korea, SpaceX, Turgis et Gaillard Industri, Ukraine
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 August 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment
SpaceX is gearing up to launch NASA astronauts to space with its Falcon 9 rockets. The agency has been debating whether to allow the company to fuel its spacecraft after the astronauts have boarded.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blandino Villanueva, Fancy Bear, ISIS, Mars landing, microsoft, military contract fraud, NASA InSight, russian intelligence, SpaceX, SpaceX Falcon 9, Strontium, Syrian civilian aid, USS Decatur
The Blue Angels Squadron is set for a major upgrade following a $17 million contract award.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags augmentd reality, Blue Angels, Bryan P. Watson, crimea, Elon Musk, NASA, Russia, secure elections act, SpaceX, submarine Alaska, Super Hornet
Posted by Java Joe on August 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The $716B defense authorization bill was signed earlier in the year than any NDAA for the past 40 years and also included a stall in the F-35 sale to Turkey and provided President Trump an opportunity to tout his Space Force.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, Elon Musk, F-35, Forrest Rednour, hackers, Marine Corps, mattis, NDAA, space force, SpaceX, trump, Turkey
Posted by Java Joe on August 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
New Pentagon Policy: deployed service members will no longer be allowed to use fitness tracking apps or other wearable technology that relies on geolocation.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chinese tariffs, direct officer commissions, fitness trackers, geo-tracking, KBRwyle Technology Solutions, Littoral Combat Ships, Mendocino Complex Fire, RQ-7B Shadow UAS, SpaceX, USS Charleston, V-280 gunship
Posted by Java Joe on June 26, 2018 · Leave a Comment
F-35 jets are already in 12 nations, are set to dominate the Western fighter market for decades to come.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 355-ship fleet, A-29 Super Tucano, Class C ground mishaps, Desert Storm War Memorial, F-35, foreign military sales, Joseph Maguire, military commissaries, MQ-9 Reaper, National Counterrorism Center, North Korean summit, SpaceX
Posted by Java Joe on June 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 fighter jet is cruising toward the end of its development phase, but a Government Accountability Office report warns DoD not to move to full-rate production until it’s certain all critical technical issues have been resolved.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags American Electronics, Aviation Systems Engineering Co., Blue Origin, Dark Sword, Eagle Systems Inc., F-35, F-35B training, North Korea summit, Operation Overlord, Research and Engineering Development LLC, Rollout Systems LLC, single-use plastics, Social Security, Space Race, SpaceX, VA Choice
Posted by Java Joe on March 8, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Navy will scrap almost 140 older Hornets and accelerate the transition to newer Super Hornets, expecting to recoup more than $850 million across five years of maintenance savings.
Posted by Java Joe on February 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Pentagon seeks to spend $10.7 billion more on F-35s in FY19, despite persistent problems. DoD plans to put 77 more joint strike fighters their FY19 budget plan, which is due out next week.
