Posted by Java Joe on November 13, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US signed off on arms exports worth $192.3 billion over the past year, a 13 percent increase from the previous year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Daniel MacInnis, defense budget, Electric Boat, F-35A, foreign arms sales, Mark J. Mouriski, MK-62 Quickstrikes, MQ-8 Fire Scout, MQ-9 Reapers, Next Generation Jammer, nuclear north korea, sequestration
Do bigger deficits mean disaster ahead? How long will it be before federal spending on interest payments exceeds the defense budget? Find out Sept. 6 when Dr. Dan Crippen speaks at a Patuxent Partnership program at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Category Leader Features · Tags Bonnie Green, Center for the Study of Democracy, Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, defense budget, Donny Bryan, Dr. Dan Crippen, Joseph Dyer, Patuxent Partnership, Pax partnership, The Patuxent Partnership, TPP
Posted by Java Joe on June 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
NASA says the launch of the Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket is now scheduled for early Thursday morning, June 29, with a launch window between 4:15 and 4:45 am. This will be the 11th time the launch has been attempted at the Wallops Flight Facility. Southern Maryland skies are in the launch’s viewing range.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ballistic missile intercept, chemical weapons, defense budget, GPS III satellite, IIAP World Services Inc., John E. Burdette Memorial Award, Lauren Boden, NASA launch, Scorpion, sounding rocket, Syrian air strikes, Thomas Bowman, USS Fitzgerald, Wallops Flight Facility
Posted by Java Joe on May 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The Next Generation Jammer program has passed its design review during recent testing at NAS Pax River, NAVAIR officials say.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ALQ, defense budget, DefSec James Mattis, drones, exoskeleton technology, F-35, federal budget, Heather Wilson, NASA, Next Generation Jammer, North Korea missile launch, Saudi arms deal, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island
Posted by Java Joe on February 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump said he will propose a budget that would ramp up spending on defense and infrastructure.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags David Shulkin, defense budget, DefSec James Mattis, F-35A, F-35C, F-35C Lightning II, Intercell USA Inc., ISIS, john kelly, joseph dunford, NAS Lemoore, National Industries for the Blind, philip bilden, Serco Inc., Veterans Affairs, Web LLC
Posted by Java Joe on January 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain and ranking member Jack Reed are “seriously considering” the possibility of closing excess military bases to cut down on waste.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2017 defense budget, BRAC, defense budget, drone strike al qaeda, drone strikes, federal hiring freeze, Jack Reed, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, mexican border wall, Mick Mulvaney
Posted by Java Joe on August 31, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Not all bad, experts say: statutory budget caps keep the brake on defense spending.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, BRAC, budget caps, Canada, cybersecurity, defense budget, drones, F-35, F/A-18, FAA, Iran, KC-46A, MQ-9 Reaper, Pakistan, RQ-21A Blackjacks, terrorism, unmanned systems, V-22 Osprey
Posted by Java Joe on August 3, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The first US Air Force F-35A squadron is ready for deployment.
Posted by Java Joe on July 6, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Advances in radar technology may be chipping away at stealth’s low visibility.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags B-21, carrier landings, cyberspace, defense budget, drones, F-35, information technology, Magic Carpet, military bands, MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System, MQ-9 Reaper, NATO, stealth bomber
Posted by Java Joe on May 25, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is balking at adding funding to the defense budget deal agreed to President Obama and former House Speaker John Boehner.
