Navy Seeks to Modify Sequestered Contracts

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Navy looks to modify contracts that are short money after sequestration. National Defense sees defense contractors trying to assess the damage from sequestration. The House Republicans’ new spending plan would freeze federal pay and hold to sequestration spending levels for everyone except DoD. The Hill said funding bill would soften the blow of sequestration.

Defense News says the cybersecurity bubble is bursting.

New DARPA project explores how to launch armed, fixed-wing unmanned aircraft from small ships, Defense Update reports. Aviation Week calls it the “Predator on a frigate” program.

AOL Defense say the Navy’s new mobile landing platform could revolutionize amphibious warfare.

The Chinese legislature won’t say how much its spending on defense this year, Defence Talk reports.