Ship hunts foreign ships doing work reserved for US crews
Offshore energy service companies are out to find foreign-flagged ships hauling pipeline parts and other energy-related equipment from U.S. ports and delivering or installing them in U.S. waters. The Offshore Marine Service Association has launched a ship to gather photos and videos of ships it considers to be violating a 1920 law requiring U.S. vessels to carry cargo between U.S. locations. It will provide such evidence to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which enforces the law, and to trade publications, said Aaron Smith, president and CEO of the association.
news.yahoo.comF-35 logistics system to be reinvented and renamed, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The computer-based logistics system of the F-35 stealth fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), which has been plagued by delays, will be replaced by another network made by the same company, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: An Israeli F35 aircraft is seen in mid-flight during "Blue Flag", an aerial exercise hosted by Israel with the participation of foreign air force crews, at Ovda military air base, southern Israel November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Amir CohenThe Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) was designed to underpin the F-35 fleets daily operations, ranging from mission planning and flight scheduling to repairs and scheduled maintenance, as well as the tracking and ordering of parts. ALIS was blamed for delaying aircraft maintenance, one of the very things it was meant to facilitate. By December 2022, ODIN will have replaced ALIS in all F-35s except those deployed remotely or on ships, Lord said.
feeds.reuters.comCramer: 'I'm very worried about Boeing' and how its 737 Max problems could hurt the US economy
"I think Boeing is hugely important to the economy," Cramer said on "Squawk Box." Concerns about Boeing are not isolated to just the 737 Max. The problems with the 737 Max and the refueling tankers raise questions about Boeing's fitness for future government contracts, Garamendi said. On Friday, Australia's Qantas Airways said it is grounding three of its Boeing 737 NG jets which is different from the 737 Max after it found cracks in the wings of three planes. "Boeing's got to get this behind them, and this was a very tough week for what I regard as America's greatest company," Cramer said.
cnbc.comUkraine aid delay sparked bipartisan scramble to keep millions from expiring
For the record: An earlier version of this article said the package of aid Congress approved for Ukraine included Javelin antitank weapons. Ukraines purchase of Javelins is handled separately from the military aid package. AdvertisementRepublican lawmakers shared Democrats concerns about the holdup in aid, as did Pentagon and State Department officials. But since the whistleblower complaint became public a few days before the delegation arrived in Ukraine, the visit quickly became focused on the on-the-ground effects of the delay in military aid, Garamendi said. Congress approved the $250 million in military aid and an additional $141 million in assistance from the State Department last fall with bipartisan support.
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