Morning Coffee 8-10-11

A robust blend of news from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- Author of The Dream Machine supports the V-22 Osprey.
- Electronic warfare development threatened by budget cuts.
- Boeing’s multi-year Osprey contract proposal is a hedge against budget cuts.
- Overview of Osprey proposal.
- Drone spending to double even as defense budgets shrink.
- First Chinese aircraft carrier in sea trials.
- Speculation on who will make it onto the Super Committee.
- DoD describes legal options for terminating Joint Strike Fighter. (subscription required)
- Video: “Doomsday Device” in debt deal isĀ an empty threat.
- Entire U.S. stealth fighter fleet is grounded.