Posted by Editor on March 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A continuing resolution bill is still winding its way through as Congress prepares to leave for two weeks.
Posted by Editor on March 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Senate’s budget plan would take much of the sting out of automatic defense cuts.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, China, contracts, Frank Kendall, Joint Strike Fighter, Larry Hollingsworth, Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, NAVAIR, Pentagon, Senate, sequestration
Posted by Steny Hoyer on March 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The bill does not stop sequestration, and the Senate is crafting an alternative plan.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, CENTCOM, Congress, continuing resolution, DOT&E, Joint Strike Fighter, Lockheed Martin, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pentagon, sequestration, Steny Hoyer
Posted by Editor on February 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Safety investigations, layoffs and official criticism buffet the Joint Strike Fighter program.
Posted by Editor on February 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Pentagon says it will honor current contracts but faces a cash crunch with sequestration.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Chuck Hagel, contracts, drones, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR, Pax River, Pentagon, Rolls Royce, sequestration, UAV, wind farm, wind turbines
Posted by Editor on February 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Almost all civilian DoD employees will be furloughed one day a week for the rest of the year if sequestration triggers.
Posted by Editor on February 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Plans to test the Marine’s Joint Strike Fighter on the USS Wasp could be cut under sequestration.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Congress, cyberwar, F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NACRA, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pax River, Pentagon, sequestration, Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield
Posted by Editor on February 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
FAA announces intention at AUVSI event in Virginia.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AUVSI, Chuck Hagel, Congress, contracts, drones, F-35B, FAA, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR, Pentagon, Rolls Royce, Senate, sequestration, UAV, UCLASS
Posted by Editor on February 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
American Federation of Government Employees says savings on contracts could cover furlough costs.
Posted by Editor on February 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Another round of base closure will be proposed in the fiscal 2014 Pentagon budget request March 25.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BRAC, budget, Chuck Hagel, contracts, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, F-35B, Insitu, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Pax River, Pentagon, sequestration