March 29, 2024

Morning Coffee: Contractors Report Healthy Earnings

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Defense Industry spending on lobbying remained flat for the first half of the year.

Morning Coffee: Kudos to the KMAX

Kmax helicopter

Vice Adm. David Architzel praises the performance of the KMAX unmanned helicopter during its Afghanistan deployment.

Sea Dragon Goes Down in Oman

H-53E Sea Dragon

The MH-53E aircraft was part of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15.

Congress Forces Pentagon to Account for Cuts

Pentagon Capitol

House votes to give Pentagon 30 days to plan for sequestration cuts.

KMAX, Marines Complete ‘Hot Hookup’

Kmax helicopter

Marines load cargo onto the KMAX helicopter while it is in unmanned flight mode.

House Defeats Attempts to Kill F-35B, MV-22

MV-22 Osprey

Vote was one of hundreds of amendments vying to ride on the defense authorization bill.

V-22 Operating Costs Soar

Osprey

Report states that fleet’s total costs jumped from $74B to $121B.

Second X-47B Takes Flight

UCAS program gets a second test vehicle.

House Mulls Temporary Cut

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Temporary funding bill for DoD could cut 1.4 percent.

Morning Coffee 9-8-11

JSF could get schooled by Russian jets?