F-35 Takes Its Show on the Road
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is taking its show on the road. The sophisticated fighter jet will be seen at airshows across the country alongside 20th-century war birds, like the F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang.
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.
DoD Contract Awards Down Again
Pentagon contracts fell 29 percent in May from a year earlier, the fifth drop in the past six months, driven in part by automatic budget cuts.
Morning Coffee: Defense Industry Faces Future Challenges
The 2013 Top-Performing Companies study suggests that the defense industry is prospering but a closer look reveals challenges in the years ahead.
Morning Coffee: Australia F-35 Buy Boosts Program
“International buys could be the salvation of floundering program economics.”
Morning Coffee: 2014 Outlook for Large Contractors
2014 will be a tough year for defense contractors, but if companies can endure the fiscal year the worst could soon be in the past.
Morning Coffee: UCLASS RFP Details and Analysis
The draft RFP is designed to generate industry input on design, development, construction and deployment.
Morning Coffee: Wind Farm Debate Continues
The Baltimore Sun expresses its support for the proposed wind farm and advocates a “win-win” solution that also protects NAS Pax River interests.
Morning Coffee: Drone Production to Fall After 2017
Drone manufacturing will increase over the next three years before declining for the next seven as demand falls.
Morning Coffee: DoD Specifies Sequestration Cuts
Continued personnel reductions across the military, 17 fewer F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and six fewer P-8A aircraft define the FY16 budget.
