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The Tampa Bay Defense Alliance presents news, perspectives and topics of interest concerning the defense and military communities in the Tampa Bay region. While our focus is on the eight county region surrounding Tampa Bay, we maintain an awareness of and will continue to report on national and global stories that have an impact on our area.
Prestigious Military Trophy Begins Tour at Port Tampa Bay
From left to right: Col. Donald J. Barnes (USAFR), Mag. Gen. Lawrence M. Martin, Jr. (USAFR), Paul Anderson, President/CEO Port Tampa Bay, Donna Segal Huneycutt, President and COO at WWC…
Tampa Bay Defense Alliance Presents Tampa Bay Trophy to Sandy Person from Travis Air Force Base
TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 21, 2020) –Tampa Bay Defense Alliance (TBDA) President Tim Jones and Airlift/Tanker Association (A/TA) Chairman Gen. Duncan J. McNabb, USAF (Ret) announced today Ms. Sandy Person from Travis AFB, CA as the winner of the 2020 Tampa Bay Trophy.
Marco Rubio and Rick Scott want 10-year ban on drilling off Florida coast in Senate energy bill
Florida’s two U.S. senators are pushing their colleagues this week to ban companies from drilling for oil in the east Gulf of Mexico for another decade, a moratorium that would…
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Housing Loan Program for Military and Veterans
Thursday, February 20, 2020 Pensacola, Fla. (February 19, 2020) – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the unveiling of the “Salute Our Soldiers” Military Loan Program (SOS) that will be offered to…
Tampa Bay Defense Alliance presents trophy to Pat Gallagher
Tampa Bay Defense Alliance presents trophy to Pat Gallagher Honored for outstanding service to the Airmen and families of McConnell Air Force Base TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2019) – The…
Florida’s Military and Defense Industry Provides $95 Billion Economic Impact
Joint study concludes industries grew by $10 billion and added more than 100,000 jobs since 2017 Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the results of the 2020 Florida Military…
Navy Backing Off 355 Ships, But Closer on Refueling Drone
SEA-AIR-SPACE: The Navy kicked off the biggest sea-based conference of the year on Monday by going slow — downplaying the promise of a 355-ship fleet and postponing a deadly upgrade to unmanned aircraft.…
Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific
The U.S. Navy is preparing to deploy a new generation of high-altitude drones to the Pacific this summer, sending two MQ-4C Tritons to Guam. The coming deployment comes at a…
In Other News
- House tees up war authorization repeal while Senate waits on White House
- NATO members set to say they won’t deploy land-based nukes in Europe
- Army says 2025 tactical network will make JADC2 a reality
- St. Pete's Central Avenue bus project gets $3.3 million in federal funding
- Plant City women arrested for allegedly stealing $180K from Medicaid
- Space Command asks Congress for $67 million to achieve full operational capability
- South Korean shipbuilders unveil competing carrier designs
- White House to nominate retired commander, business leader Carlos Del Toro as Navy secretary
- Marine Corps names new top information officer
- High-Speed Connectivity is Possible For All — Here’s How
- ‘Drone Wars’: New book wonders who will be the next drone superpower
- Guest column: Florida’s minimum wage increase raises workers’ compensation cost
- Australia is suffering from a defense information dearth
- 2 combatant command budgets left out funding for JADC2 international collaboration tool
- US Navy’s Light Amphibious Warship on track for FY22 contract award through R&D funds