April 24, 2024

Morning Coffee: JSF’s Cost Estimate Jumps 15 Percent

F-35’s lifetime cost estimate now sits at $1.45 trillion.

Morning Coffee: Here Come the Eastern Shore Windmills

Eastern Shore wind energy

Crisfield project scaled back under pressure from Pax River.

Morning Coffee: Still Some Gold in Federal Contracting

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

Morning Coffee: Automatic Defense Cuts Look Likely

capitol hill

Time is running out for Congress to reverse “sequestration” cuts.

Morning Coffee: Poseidon Program Readies for Training

As flights ramp up for the P-8 Poseidon, currently testing at Pax River, the program moves to train crews.

Boeing Produces the First of the Last Super Hornets

f-18 hornet afterburner

The last batch of F/A-18 E/Fs and EG-18 Growlers begin rolling off the line.

Morning Coffee: Global Hawk Gets Pricey

A new estimate places the unmanned plane’s hardware cost at $about $170 million apiece.

Where’s the Competition?

Pentagon aerial

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

Defense Cuts Locked In?

capitol hill

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

F-35 Starring in Top Gun 2

Lockheed feels the need, the need for speed.