Morning Coffee: Wind Farm Debate Continues
The Baltimore Sun expresses its support for the proposed wind farm and advocates a “win-win” solution that also protects NAS Pax River interests.
Morning Coffee: NAVAIR Head Seeks Contracting Reform
Vice Adm. Dunaway says overhead costs overwhelm the implementation of new technology and that there is a “stranglehold” of proprietary systems.
Surveillance Aircraft Top House Priority
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities are top priorities and include the Northrop Global Hawk and Boeing P-8 aircraft.
Morning Coffee: UCLASS RFP Due This Summer
The Boeing X-47B to start new sea trials and the UCLASS X-47B follow on RFP is scheduled for release this summer.
Morning Coffee: Navy Expands Plane Search
The USS Kidd, a guided missile destroyer, has now joined the USS Pinckney in the search effort for a missing Malaysian airliner.
Morning Coffee: 2015 Budget Cuts Deep
Military personnel spending may drop to 2008 levels as DOD cuts back from steep wartime expenditures under the 2015 budget request released Tuesday.
Morning Coffee: P-8A Enters Full-Rate Production
Even as the Navy buys more aircraft, some pilots are planning for a future flying from a desk with a joy stick and keyboard.
Morning Coffee: Big DoD Cuts Still Miss Target
Personnel, benefits, ships and entire military bases are on the chopping block, but still DoD is far short of what sequestration might still require for FY2015.
Morning Coffee: Laser Weapons Improve
The new generation of laser weapons are approaching the power and efficiency needed for active military use.
Morning Coffee: When Can UAVs Strike Americans?
Obama’s recent tightening of guidelines for the use of CIA attack UAVs is hampering efforts to eliminate a suspected American al-Qaida operative.
