MD Lawmakers Slam NASA Budget Cuts
Maryland lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to reconsider cuts at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center that could slash US space programs in half.
Budget Adds $150B for Defense
A GOP-led budget resolution adds up to $150 billion for defense without resolving where that money goes, how to cut up to $1.5 trillion elsewhere while extending previous Trump-era tax cuts, or raising the debt ceiling.
Fed Layoffs Hit the Contractor Workforce
Layoffs and firings across government agencies have spread into the contractor workforce with 13 Virginia and Maryland contractors reporting 2,425 layoffs as DoD receives guidance on reducing its civilian workforce.
MD Guard Divests Its A-10Cs, But White House Nixes F-16 Deal
Maryland Air National Guard LT COL Steven Montalvo gestures farewell to fellow guardsmen while taxiing in an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, MD, on March 26. The aircraft was the first to be sent from the 175th Wing to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, as part of the initial process of divesting the Maryland Guard’s A-10C fleet. (Photo by Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover) Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community….
Naval Academy Drops Race from Admissions Process
Despite fighting in federal court and winning the right in December to maintain race in its admissions process, US Naval Academy superintendent VADM Yvette Davids changed the policy in February in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump.
Report: US Shipbuilding Needs an Overhaul
A recent GAO reports says the US Navy needs to take a new approach to increase its fleet size. “To start, it could apply leading ship design practices used by commercial shipbuilders,” reads the report. Navy programs and their shipbuilders are effectively made to operate in a “perpetual state of triage.”
Phelan Sworn In as New NavSec
Businessman John Phelan was sworn in Tuesday as the next secretary of the US Navy. Phelan is the seventh non-veteran to serve in the role in the past 70 years.
Boeing Wins $20B Contract for Newest Fighter Jet
The US Air Force is moving forward with the world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet. Boeing has been awarded the $20 billion contract for the new aircraft, the F-47.
Nations Reconsider F-35 Purchases
Canada and Portugal are both considering backing out of deals to buy Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters and German’s order for 35 F-35s is also under review in response to America’s sudden shift in international relations.
Report: US Naval Supremacy Under Threat from China
Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not reflect opinions of the Leader’s owners or staff. A Center for Strategic and International Studies’ report issued last week found that China has grown to be the world’s dominant player in shipbuilding over the past two decades, reports The Associated Press. This poses economic and national security challenges for the US and its allies, according to the report released March 11. China claims to have more than half of the world’s commercial…
