Morning Coffee: Navy Kicks Off the Search for Next Fighter
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The Navy kicks off its search for the next fighter, Defense Tech reports, adding that Harriers could be flying until 2030. Meanwhile, a British paper quotes officials saying that the UK will be going back to the F-35B, according to Defense News.
V-22 Osprey program announces two new squadrons, and the aircraft will soon be carrying the White House press corps, AOL Defense reports. The Hill notes that last week’s crash doesn’t seem to be slowing the program down. The Pentagon remains bullish on the program, DoD Buzz reports. Defense Daily says the Pentagon eyes foreign sales (subscription required) to keep the program’s costs down.
Boeing has a new UCLASS competitor for Northrop’s X-47B, Defense Tech finds.
ITT Corporation gets a $62.2 million NAVAIR contract to produce 23 jamming systems for the F/A-18.
The American Spectator calls sequestration “The Perfect Storm.”
Structural work on the USS Ford is 75 percent complete, Navy Times reports.
Time notes that, with laser weapons, tomorrow never seems to come.
