Congress Proposes $631 Billion Defense Bill
Posted by Editor on December 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The bill challenges the Obama administration’s pledge to veto a bill with unnecessary programs.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags biofuels, Congress, contracts, Defense Authorization Bill, Fiscal cliff, Leon Panetta, NAVAIR
Survey Finds That Federal Acquisitions Are in Crisis
Posted by Editor on December 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Problems persist and talent pool shrinks despite attempted fixes.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags acquisitions, contracts, Defense Authorization Bill, F-35, GAO, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR
Fiscal Cliff Could Be $10 Billion Worse for Pentagon
Posted by Editor on December 13, 2012 · Leave a Comment
DoD officials are hoping to have flexibility in implementing automatic cuts.
New Blows Hit JSF Program
Posted by Editor on December 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Quality assurance issues and a potential loss of exclusivity haunt Lockheed’s latest fighter.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, contracts, Defense Authorization Bill, ERAPSCO, F-35, GhostShell, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, NAVAIR, P-8A Poseidon, UCLASS, Vice Adm. David Dunaway
Sequestration Cuts Could Equal Government Furloughs
Posted by Editor on September 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Congress leaves town without fixing sequestration or passing a permanent budget.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, China, Congress, contracts, Defense Authorization Bill, furloughs, NAVAIR, P-8A Poseidon, Point Lookout, sequestration
F-35C Finally Catches a Carrier-style Landing Wire
Posted by Editor on September 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The redesigned tailhook succeeded in catching a test wire three out of five times.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ashton Carter, Congress, contracts, Defense Authorization Bill, F-35C, General Electric, Joint Strke Fighter, JSF, Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, NAVAIR, Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River, NAWCAD, Pentagon, sequestration, Smart Web Move, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation
KMAX, Marines Complete ‘Hot Hookup’
Posted by Editor on May 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Marines load cargo onto the KMAX helicopter while it is in unmanned flight mode.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags BAMS, BRAC, Congress, contracts, Defense Appropriations Bill, Defense Authorization Bill, KMAX, NAVAIR, Northrop, Raytheon
Pentagon Could Push for BRAC Next Year
Posted by Editor on May 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
DoD official says the BRAC fight is not over.
House Defeats Attempts to Kill F-35B, MV-22
Posted by Editor on May 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Vote was one of hundreds of amendments vying to ride on the defense authorization bill.
Defense Bill Signed
Posted by Editor on January 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Obama has signed the Defense Authorization Bill, despite reservations.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Defense Authorization Bill, DoD competition, F-35, Iran, Iraq, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF




















