Posted by Java Joe on February 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The first F-35B assembled outside of the US landed at NAS Patuxent River last week after completing a transatlantic flight from Cameri Air Base in Italy.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags DefSec James Mattis, F-35B, Global Heat Map, government shutdown, GPS technologies, hypoxia, Pentagon acquisition, SM-3 Block IIA missile, T-6 trainers, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, vaping
Posted by Java Joe on January 30, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin defends F-35’s progress in response to a critical Pentagon report saying efforts to improve the joint strike fighter’s reliability are “stagnant.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Air Force One, F-35, F-35 fleet readiness, Global Heat Map, International Space Station, ISS, Lockheed Martin, missile defense strategy, NASA, NASA InSight, Orion, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, women in STEM
Posted by Java Joe on January 23, 2018 · Leave a Comment
A bipartisan group of negotiators in the Senate prevailed with leadership, trading Democratic support for ending the nearly 60-hour federal government shutdown, for a commitment by Republicans to hold a vote resolving the status of young undocumented immigrants next month.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags amazon, F-35As, government shutdown, israeli embassy, Little Rock LCS, paternity leave, South China Sea, UAS, UAS competition, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain
Posted by Java Joe on January 22, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Royal Air Force’s top test pilot says there is no comparison between the F-35 and the Harrier. Andy Edgell, stationed at NAS Patuxent River, said the F-35 and the Harrier, despite broadly doing the same thing (landing vertically), are “almost incomparable” in flying terms.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ACURL, Andy Edgell, Brandi Briggs, F-35, Harrier, IMPAX, Lockheed Martin, National Defense Strategy, NAVMAR Applied Sciences, NAWCAD, PAE National Security Solutions, Patuxent Cove Apartments, Pegg Road, USS Fitzgerald, Will Roper, Woody Williams
Posted by Java Joe on November 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment
US indicts three Chinese nationals for hacking into Moody’s Analytics, Siemens AG, and Trimble computer networks, alleging the hackers used email phishing scams and malware to try to steal business secrets.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ARA San Juan, Blue Angel uniforms, Blue Angels, Chinese hackers, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye trainer, F-35, Federal Fumbles, Iron Dome, Jim Lankford, Norway, Pax River 1971, Rockwell Collins, sexual assault, Test Port, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on November 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
From the Fat Leonard scandal to a review of misconduct and poor performance, the US Navy will be clearing the ranks for younger sailors to move up.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags DefSec James Mattis, demilitarized zone, Dove satellites, F-35 full mission simulators, Fat Leonard, Four LLC, GOP tax cuts, hybrid warfare center, Intercell USA Inc., mandatory retirement, North Korean missiles, Sen. Mac Thornberry, temporary protected status, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain
Posted by Java Joe on October 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Not Congress, the Pentagon, nor President Donald Trump’s campaign promises can provide a path to a 355-ship Navy, more likely DoD will eat another round of sequester cuts.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Americans for Prosperity, Concerned Veterans for America, cybersecurity, Dunford, Heritage Action for America, Jeff Sessions, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Joe Dunford, National Taxpayers Union, Niger, Royal Air Force, Sgt. Gary “Mike” Rose, Tea Party Nation, US Computer Emergency Readiness Team, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on September 13, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The chief of the Federal Aviation Administration said, despite some problems during Hurricane Harvey in Houston, drone usage in responses to both Harvey and Irma would prove an evolutionary landmark for unmanned aviation.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Army Corps of Engineers, BRAC, David Kapaun, drones, FAA, FGS LLC, hurricanes, mattis, Michael Huerta, national archives, Sergei Lavrov, Super Hercules, USS Fitzgerald, USS McCain
Posted by Java Joe on September 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Members of the military are being kept busy with relief operation efforts following Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags artificial intelligence, Dahlgren, Hurricane Irma, hurricane relief, North Korea sanctions, precision weapons, Robert Behler, SMART Scholars, Thomas Modly, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain
Posted by Java Joe on August 24, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Four collisions in the Seventh Fleet this year — all occurring during basic ship handling duties — resulted in the commander of the fleet being relieved. As the Navy begins an extensive review and reset, a multinational search for 10 missing sailors from the latest collision of the USS John McCain locates some remains, aboard ship.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 7th fleet, Afghanistan, collision, collision-avoidance technology, Fitzgerald, Indonesia, james mattis, John S. McCain, joseph aucoin, Malaysia, North Korean sanctions, sanctions, Seventh Fleet, Singapore, Snow Hill Park, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain
