Morning Coffee 6-27-11
Lt. Cdr. Eric Buus performs a flyby of the Andrews Joint Services Open House last month in an F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
A potent blend of news from Pax River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- First a Chinese carrier, then a Chinese aircraft carrier, and now a Chinese UAV?
- China/US to discuss rising sea tensions.
- JSF back in the air after wing-folding glitch fixed.
- Lockheed promotes JSF with really bad rock music video.
- Senate committee will support JSF, but not “at any cost.”
- See the full Senate report. (subscription required)
- Navy sitting on RFP for P-8A Poseidon’s new torpedo system. (subscription required)
- Students learn to troubleshoot UAVs at AUVSI competition.
