Morning Coffee 8-5-11
A robust blend of news from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond:
- Panetta goes public; wants higher taxes, entitlement cuts to save defense funding.
- SECDEF says more than $350 billion in cuts could be “dangerous.”
- F-35 grounding could last weeks.
- India readying its own carrier.
- DoD rethinking costly weapons systems. (subscription required)
- Bell-Boeing proposes second multi-year V-22 Osprey contract.
- Video: Blue Angels kick up water on low pass.
- Sea Perch teaches kids engineering at Ryken High School.
- NSAW seeks aspiring singers for Navy Yard gigs.
