Morning Coffee: Cutbacks coming to Lockheed, Pentagon
A cutaway of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter manufactured by Lockheed Martin.
A morning roundup of news from Pax River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- Lockheed cutting back on executives and expo shwag…
- …And disputes government cost numbers for the JSF.
- Meanwhile, Pentagon says second JSF engine would cost $480 million over next year. (subscription required)
- Video of JSF appearance at Andrews air show.
- Gates warns that “real” cuts are coming to military. (subscription required)
- Cuts could eliminate some weapons, missions.
- MV-22 Ospreys getting the History Channel treatment.
- Chinese, Russian fighters challenge US stealth supremacy.
