Morning Coffee 8-30-11
A robust blend of news from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- SAIC’s quarterly earnings report comes tomorrow. And CACI completes rapid share repurchase (subscription required).
- Northrop Grumman gets $10.4 million more for Webster Field Fire Scout testing.
- Erickson: Assessing Chinese naval and air power requires nuanced view. Calls Chinese flattop a “starter carrier.”
- US moving intel aircraft to blimps and drones.
- Congressional panel condemns DoD waste in Afghanistan contracts.
- Is this a Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk crash landed in Pakistan? Or is it a Festo SmartBird?
- DoD grapples with smartphone and tablet security.
- Irene tests military’s disaster response.
- Pentagon grants $140 billion in no-bid contracts.