Furloughs Won’t Hit Immediately in March

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The Office of Management and Budget told the Senate Appropriations Committee that federal worker furloughs would not be immediate if sequestration comes, according to Federal News Radio. Government Executive says union negotiations would start March 1, but most furloughs would kick in around April. Meanwhile, a bill to kill a federal pay raise has passed the house, FCW reports.

FAA welcomes proposals for operating one of six domestic unmanned aircraft testing areas, NextGov reports.

The House Armed Services chairman says sequestration is inevitable at this point, according to DoD Buzz. Commissioner Todd Morgan agrees, according to The Enterprise. Rear Adm. Mark W. Darrah, commander of NAWCAD, tries to sort out the situation.

Maryland is one of the states most vulnerable to sequestration, Huffington Post reports. Automatic cuts could knock one aircraft carrier out of the Navy’s rotation, Aviation Week reports. Langley Air Force base cancels its air show due to sequestration cuts, The Atlantic reports.

The Democrats are short one vote to stop a filibuster against a vote on defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, The Washington Post reports. Politico says Obama is dead set on installing Hagel.

The P-8A Poseidon will get upgrades for its High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare system, according to Avionics Intelligence.

FlightGlobal notes the first flight of a production F-35C Joint Strike Fighter.

Defense Tech wonders how Navy drones will operate on aircraft carriers given the electromagnetic environment.

Time notes that the Navy just hired Johns Hopkins physicists at the equivalent of $205 an hour.