Morning Coffee 7-14-11
Artistic rendition of the USS Ford.
A robust blend of news from Pax River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- Boeing gets $53 million more for Super Hornet armament equipment.
- How loud is too loud for a sonic boom?
- Early JSF overruns tally $771 million.
- Second year of flat earnings for global defense and aerospace firms.
- Cutting carriers on the table in budget talks?
- Two JSF planes on chopping block to make up for cost overruns. (subscription required)
- Fifth of Navy’s ships not ready to fight; half of deployed aircraft aren’t combat-ready.
