Morning Coffee: Pentagon Cyber Budget Gets Boost
Increased spending will be aimed at improving cyber capabilities including cyber security, intelligence gathering, and reconnaissance.
Sponsors Lining Up for STEM-ING
Lockheed is Pax Partnership’s first sponsor to join the 2014 Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics – Inspiring the Next Generation workshop for girls.
Morning Coffee: Congress Should Shutter Some Bases
DOD says some bases are no longer needed as wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conclude but lawmakers want to protect jobs in their districts.
Morning Coffee: Pentagon Cuts 8 JSFs
Sources report the Pentagon will cut 8 F-35s from the FY15 budget and the White House will seek a $36 billion DoD plus-up in the FY16. Budget expert calls out-year projections “fiction.”
Morning Coffee: Laser Weapons Improve
The new generation of laser weapons are approaching the power and efficiency needed for active military use.
Morning Coffee: When Can UAVs Strike Americans?
Obama’s recent tightening of guidelines for the use of CIA attack UAVs is hampering efforts to eliminate a suspected American al-Qaida operative.
At Lockheed Martin, STEM Education Is Personal
Lockheed Martin is all about stimulating interest in STEM education and offering experiences that challenge aspiring students.
Morning Coffee: Nuclear Cheating Expands to Navy
Adm. John Richardson, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, said of 16,000 sailors in the program, less than one percent are involved, and no students.
Morning Coffee: Satellites Improve Arctic Communication
The U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites may be able to significantly improve communication in the Arctic.
Morning Coffee: DoD Exec Defends “Poseidon”
A DoD acquisition executive responded this week to a negative report on the Navy’s Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
