Morning Coffee: $690 Billion Defense Bill Passes House
A morning roundup of news from Pax River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- House passes defense bill with $690 billion price tag.
- Second engine authorized by bill, but not funded.
- New Pax River chaplain understands deployment impact on families.
- Navy Robotics Partnership teaches local students engineering skills.
- Insitu scores Scan Eagle maintenance contract.
- Scan Eagle UAV was originally designed to track dolphins, not destroyers.
- Lockheed says F-35 software on track. (subscription required)
- JSF likely to be more costly than planes it replaces. (subscription required)