F-35 Machinists Strike to Protest Lockheed Contract
International Association of Machinists says new contract cuts health care and pensions and allows outsourcing.
Morning Coffee: Venlet Going to Congress for JSF Grilling
Congress is considering cutting the program even further.
Morning Coffee: Navy Buyers Warn Austerity Will ‘Hurt’
The Navy’s acquisitions brass warn contractors that the new era of austerity will bring financial pain.
Morning Coffee: No Mechanical Failure in V-22 Crash?
V-22 fleet is not grounded, suggesting the crash was not caused by a mechanical issue.
Morning Coffee: Crash Unlikely to Hurt Osprey Program
Marines have too much love for the tiltrotor aircraft.
Morning Coffee: Navy Releases Details on Fire Scout Crashes
Statement says the incidents were unrelated.
Morning Coffee: The Billion-Dollar Seahawk Upgrade
NAVAIR awards Lockheed with $1 billion Seahawk helicopter update contract.
Morning Coffee: The Cloud Gets Complex for Government
Agencies now faced with different flavors and solutions of cloud computing.
Morning Coffee: Pentagon Says F-35 Wobbly, but Stabilizing
Meanwhile, Canada’s top auditor blasts the Joint Strike Fighter program.
Morning Coffee: Nine Months Until Sequestration
Roughly $500 billion in automatic defense cuts are less than a year away if Congress does nothing.