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Wanted: Private Pilots for Practice Dogfights

Posted by Java Joe on July 28, 2016 · Leave a Comment

The Pentagon is looking for a few good bad guys for practice dogfights.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags A2/AD, combat training, Defense Mobile, F-35, F/A-XX, hacking, interest rates, Pentagon, Russia, Special Ops, UK

Morning Coffee: House Committee Kills BRAC Requests

Posted by Editor on April 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

capitol hill

Base closure proposals are all but dead for the year.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BRAC, budget, Congress, drones, ERAPSCO, F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed, UAV, UK

Morning Coffee: Navy Kicks Off the Search for Next Fighter

Posted by Editor on April 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Navy releases a request for information about the generation beyond the Joint Strike Fighter.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AV-8B Harrier, Boeing, F-35B, F/A-18, F/A-XX, ITT Corporation, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, sequestration, UCLASS, UK, USS Ford, V-22 Osprey

Morning Coffee: Global Hawk Gets Pricey

Posted by Editor on March 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A new estimate places the unmanned plane’s hardware cost at $about $170 million apiece.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Jonathan Greenert, BAMS, Canada, cloud computing, contracts, ERAPSCO, F-35B, F-35C, Global Hawk, Iran, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, UK

F-35C Graded on Curve

Posted by Editor on March 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

F-35C rear

The Pentagon allows F-35C to fudge on its landing speed requirement.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags biofuel, China, drones, F-35, FAA, Japan, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, Neany, Syria, UAV, UK, USS Enterprise

Defense Cuts Locked In?

Posted by Editor on March 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

capitol hill

When it comes to letting sequestration happen, the fix may be in.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, China, Congress, contracts, F-35, General Dynamics, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR, Pentagon, UK

Brit Takes Spin in F-35C

Posted by Editor on February 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

RAF pilot completes first flight in the carrier variant of the JSF.

Category Leader Features, Pax River News · Tags F-35C, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, UK

JSF Shows Its Rack(s)

Posted by Editor on February 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Stealth fighter can ditch its covertness to carry more weapons.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Adams Communication, Afghanistan, budget, Congress, F-35A, F-35B, France, GE, Growler, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Naval Aviation Vision, Neany, Pentagon, PGSS, Russia, sequestration, Super Hornet, UK