Morning Coffee: House Tacks $4 Billion on Defense Bill
The bill is now $4 billion over the Pentagon’s request and $8 billion over what is permitted by the Budget Control Act.
Morning Coffee: Navy Buyers Warn Austerity Will ‘Hurt’
The Navy’s acquisitions brass warn contractors that the new era of austerity will bring financial pain.
Morning Coffee: Nine Months Until Sequestration
Roughly $500 billion in automatic defense cuts are less than a year away if Congress does nothing.
Morning Coffee: Global Hawk Gets Pricey
A new estimate places the unmanned plane’s hardware cost at $about $170 million apiece.
APKWS Gets Real
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II gets a maritime demonstration and laser switch upgrade.
