Morning Coffee 7-26-11
F-35C photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.
A robust blend of news from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- Boeing gets $21 million for materials for seven more P-8A Poseidons.
- F-35C catapult hookup tested.
- Aerospace firms eye mergers for growth.
- Close foreign bases to save defense dollars?
- Panel recommends phase out of standard 20-year military retirement vesting.
- Boeing proposes modern pulse jets for VTOL cargo lift.
- Pentagon has no plan for debt ceiling crash.
- Red Cross emergency communications program in jeopardy with La Plata office closure.
- USS Wasp prepares to receive Marines’ STOVL F-35B.
