Morning Coffee: Hoyer Supports Wind Farm Limits
Hoyer backs a bill that would place limits on a proposed wind farm because it may interfere with NAS Pax River flight testing radar.
Morning Coffee: F-35 Program Cost Projection Slashed
The GAO cut the F-35’s estimated acquisition costs “due solely to efficiencies found within the program as no decrease in quantities was reported.”
Morning Coffee: DoD Spending Projections Improve
The Pentagon’s five-year projections for procurement spending on its 63 major weapons programs look more positive than last year’s forecast.
Morning Coffee: O’Malley May Veto Wind Farm Delay
Governor could veto legislation that delays the Eastern Shore wind project as the state Senate prepares to take up the bill next week.
Morning Coffee: House May Reverse DoD Benefit Cuts
DoD proposal to cut pay, housing aid, Tricare benefits and commissary offerings could be changed as legislators finalize their budget priorities.
Morning Coffee: CNO – No Need for BRAC
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said last week that he doesn’t believe the Navy needs to go through another round of base closures.
Morning Coffee: DoD Seeks Additional 2015 Funding
The Pentagon is seeking $26 billion in additional funding, outside of its 2015 budget request, for infrastructure and aircraft.
Morning Coffee: Triton is Ultimate Search Tool
The Navy has the perfect search tool, the MQ-4C Triton drone, for looking for Malaysian Air Flight 370 but it is not yet operational.
Morning Coffee: DoD Contracts Continue Dive
DoD contracts fell 48 percent in February extending a drop that has awards near the lowest level in almost two years,
Morning Coffee: Bad Landing Sends Global Hawk to PAX
A remotely piloted Global Hawk out of Edwards AFB crashed in 2009 and now leaves storage to serve in MQ-4C Triton development and maintenance training at NAS:Pax.
