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.
Morning Coffee: MD House Passes Turbine Moratorium
SoMd legislators sought the moratorium fearing radar interference from a wind turbine farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland across the Chesapeake Bay from NAS:PaxRiver.
Morning Coffee: AirLand Chair Advocates Full F-35 Funding
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, incoming chairman of the AirLand subcommittee, believes the best approach to resolving F-35 problems is to fully fund it.
Morning Coffee: Navy Expands Plane Search
The USS Kidd, a guided missile destroyer, has now joined the USS Pinckney in the search effort for a missing Malaysian airliner.
