Posted by Java Joe on August 13, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Pat Toomey are leading the case that the US-led F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program should be expanded with additional foreign sales to create a stronger coalition of allies.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BMK Ventures Inc., court martial, F-35 JSF program, foreign military sales, hemp policy, high-altitude balloon, KC-46A Pegasus, Michael Nesbitt, space force, SpaceX, USS Thresher, war remains
Posted by Java Joe on August 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Billings, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned in a Saturday ceremony in Key West, FL. The warship is named after Montana’s largest city.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Adiz, Air Force One, Billings LCS, hypersonic arms race, hypersonic cruise missile, LCS, Lockheed Martin, Mark Esper, Navy football, Nice Bridge, NORAD, Northrop Grumman, RADM Stephen Williamson, Raytheon, RQ-4 Global Hawk, russian aircraft, ShadowObjects LLC, UH-60 Black Hawks, war remains
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 September 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
US military forces from the US Indo-Pacific Command participated in Valiant Shield 2018 last week near Guam with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, 15 surface ships, over 160 aircraft and around 15,000 military personnel.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army recruiting, B-52H Stratofortress, Chinese sanctions, Dutch F-35, F-35B, FlightFab Inc., MQ-4C Triton, T-6A Texan II, US Indo-Pacific Command, USS Enterprise, USS Kansas City, USS Wasp, Valiant Shield, Vostok, war remains
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.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Alion Science and Technology Corp., BAE Systems, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Engility Corp., federal pay raise, Heather Wilson, Hurricane Florence, Regina Sabric, SAIC, Sortie Condition Bravo, South China Sea, space force, SpaceX Falcon 9, Taiwan, USS Constitution, veteran unemployment, war remains
Posted by Java Joe on August 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
A recent GAO report finds that as the nation’s fleet of small recreational and commercial drones soars, federal enforcement oversight is stalling.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Chick-fil_A, Chris Shank, Cynthia Davis, David Oberst, drones, Fred Briggs, Jason Walker, Jennifer Long, Mike Griffin, military policy bill, NAWCAD, Patriot missile defense system, Pentagon Strategic Capabilities Office, Robert Hood, Scott Suckow, Sierra Nevada Corporation, space force, veterans training, war remains
Posted by Java Joe on August 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment
If the Navy’s going to win the next war against a great or rising power, America’s chief petty officers must prepare deck-plate sailors to be ready to fight. Message from ADM John Richardson: Prepare yourselves and your sailors now because all of your lives depend on it.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2+2 dialogue, Adm. John Richardson, Chinese tariffs, cyberthreats, David's Sling, FFG(X), future guided-missile frigate, Marine Mammal Systems, Meal Ready to Eat, Navy frigates, RIMPAC, US Cyber Command, war remains
Posted by Java Joe on July 31, 2018 · Leave a Comment
DefSec Jim Mattis said that relations between the US and North Korea may be warming to the point that US forces could be allowed to return there to find more war remains of US servicemembers.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 7th fleet, Boeing, border wall, Cyber X-Games, cyber-espionage, DoD software vendors, F-22 Raptor, F-35, Lockheed Martin, Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Mahaney, pilot retention, war remains
