Pentagon to Cut UAV Spending by a Third
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Pentagon will spend one-third less on UAVs with wind-down of Iraq, Afghanistan conflicts, Defense Daily reports. (paywall)
Sequestration’s first quarter has profits up for three top defense firms,but sales lagging, reports Washington Post Business.
Pentagon official urges public, private and academic investment in “thrust” areas such as electronic warfare and cyber, Defense Tech reports.
Israel Aerospace Industries contracts with Lockheed Martin to produce wings for the F-35 JFS, Flightglobal reports.
Lockheed Martin may receive orders for up to 71 F-35s in June, Bloomberg News reports.
Debate continues on how to calculate per-hour flying cost of F-35s, Aviation Week reports.
Senate panel hears use of drones for assassinations at “a legal breaking point,” says Defense News.
Chinese navy official confirms a second aircraft carrier to be built, Defense News reports.
Contract: Northrop Grumman Aerospace, Hollywood, Md., is being awarded a $13,461,795 modification to existing indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00164-07-D-8W05) to add three additional years to the contract and to add two contract line items to procure (V)4 Electronic Surveillance Enhancement (ESE) kits and technically refreshed ESEs used in the AN/SLQ-32 anti-ship missile system.
