Posted by Java Joe on September 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The chairs of the House and Senate Armed Services committees side with the defense industry against Pentagon plans regarding contractor pay which calls for less money up front when it buys major weapons systems. The proposed policy would link performance- and progress-based payments more closely to production milestones.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Defense appropriation bill, Fort Polk, FY19 defense appropriation, Hong Kong, House Armed Services Committee, Huey helicopter, Jim Inhofe, John Canley, Rep. Mac Thornberry, Senate Armed Services Committee, Super galaxy cargo plane, thornberry, UH-1N Huey
Posted by Java Joe on May 8, 2018 · Leave a Comment
An F-35B was forced to land after the fuel light attached to its 14,000-gallon fuel tank came on. The jet was reported leaking fuel when it landed and that the engine ran out of fuel before the aircraft came to a stop.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, Air Force Academy, Airbus, chinese cell phones, Dassault, Eagle Systems Inc., House Armed Services Committee, Huawei, Leonardo, Maj. Dave Eastburn, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, NDAA, Samuel Kyle Fuller, Super Hornet, thornberry, ZTE
Posted by Java Joe on April 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Thornberry’s proposed 25% cut to DoD would impact “fourth estate” agencies supported by 200,000 civilians and 600,000 contractors, at a cost of more than $100 billion per year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, Castro, Dunford, House Armed Services Committee, Iraq, JSOW, mattis, Miguel Diaz-Canel, Mike Pompeo, Syria, thornberry, Zukunft
Posted by Java Joe on January 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Trump includes announcement of his VA secretary nominee at the first press conference he has held since winning the presidential election.