Still A Chance F-35 Could Fly to Farnborough
“Excessive rubbing” of fan blades in F-35 engines have grounded the fleet but there’s hope it will fly to the UK air show yet.
Services Contractors Face New Challenges
Federal services contractors are responding to government spending reductions, changing customer demands and increasing competition.
Multiplying Military Drones Challenge Safe Air Travel
Drone flight hours have tripled in shared US airspace since 2011 and the ongoing expansion of DoD drone flights will transform American aviation.
More than 400 Military Drones Crashed Since 2001
Military drones crashed into homes, farms, runways, highways, waterways and an Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane in midair.
USS Mesa Verde, V-22 Ospreys Ordered to Gulf
The Mesa Verde provides quick-reaction forces and a complement of MV-22 Ospreys, which excel at evacuation operations.
Morning Coffee: DoD Contracting Down in March
Contracts fall 11 percent as the Pentagon continues to respond to sequestration cuts and the Afghanistan pullout.
Morning Coffee: Federal Contracting Competition Stiffens
Opportunities are attracting more bidders who make aggressive offers with smaller profit margins and losers are much more likely to protest awards.
Morning Coffee: DoD Spending Projections Improve
The Pentagon’s five-year projections for procurement spending on its 63 major weapons programs look more positive than last year’s forecast.
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: Congress Should Shutter Some Bases
DOD says some bases are no longer needed as wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conclude but lawmakers want to protect jobs in their districts.
