April 25, 2024

Morning Coffee: Two Crashes Put Fire Scout on Pause

Fire Scout on deck

Fire Scout program is on an “operational pause” after crashes on March 30 and April 6.

Morning Coffee: The Billion-Dollar Seahawk Upgrade

NAVAIR awards Lockheed with $1 billion Seahawk helicopter update contract.

Morning Coffee: The Cloud Gets Complex for Government

Agencies now faced with different flavors and solutions of cloud computing.

Morning Coffee: Nine Months Until Sequestration

capitol hill

Roughly $500 billion in automatic defense cuts are less than a year away if Congress does nothing.

Morning Coffee: Still Some Gold in Federal Contracting

The mine may be shrinking, but there are still nuggets to be found.

Where’s the Competition?

Pentagon aerial

The number of new suppliers to the Pentagon fell by 14 percent last year.

F-35C Graded on Curve

F-35C rear

The Pentagon allows F-35C to fudge on its landing speed requirement.

Defense Cuts Locked In?

capitol hill

When it comes to letting sequestration happen, the fix may be in.

No New Tailhook for F-35C?

Lockheed says it will not lengthen the tailhook for the Navy’s JSF.

F-35 Starring in Top Gun 2

Lockheed feels the need, the need for speed.