Morning Coffee: Second F-35C arrives at Pax

CF-2, the second F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, leaves Fort Worth, Texas to come to Pax River for testing. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)
A morning roundup of news from Pax River, NAVAIR, the Pentagon and beyond.
- Second Navy JSF test plane arrives at Pax River.
- CNO signs off on three more Global Hawks for BAMS program. *subscription required
- Fire Scouts on the move? Northrop Grumman snags $42 million to “convert eight Army Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Navy configuration.“
- Candians squabble over F-35 adoption.
- Why build carrier-based UAVS? CHINA!
- Navy P-3s keeping watch over British fleet in Libya.