Morning Coffee: X-47B Scheduled for Pax River Testing
Northrop’s X-47B UCAS is scheduled for shore-based testing conducted from NAS:Patuxent River in preparation for upcoming sea trials.
Construction Funds to Pax in ’15 Appropriations
Maryland-based military construction projects including the Atlantic Test Range at NAS Patuxent River receive funding.
Morning Coffee: Australia F-35 Buy Boosts Program
“International buys could be the salvation of floundering program economics.”
Morning Coffee: 2014 Outlook for Large Contractors
2014 will be a tough year for defense contractors, but if companies can endure the fiscal year the worst could soon be in the past.
Morning Coffee: Lockheed Again Top Contractor
Top 200 list includes 34 local companies who pulled in 23 percent of fiscal 2013 awarded federal contract funds.
Morning Coffee: UCLASS RFP Details and Analysis
The draft RFP is designed to generate industry input on design, development, construction and deployment.
Morning Coffee: Boeing Pushes for Growler Funding
Contractor believes the Lockheed F-35 stealth jet fighter is vulnerable to advanced radars that can’t “see” Growlers.
Morning Coffee: Wind Farm Debate Continues
The Baltimore Sun expresses its support for the proposed wind farm and advocates a “win-win” solution that also protects NAS Pax River interests.
Morning Coffee: Drone Production to Fall After 2017
Drone manufacturing will increase over the next three years before declining for the next seven as demand falls.
Morning Coffee: DoD Specifies Sequestration Cuts
Continued personnel reductions across the military, 17 fewer F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and six fewer P-8A aircraft define the FY16 budget.
