April 18, 2024

F-35 Machinists Strike to Protest Lockheed Contract

Lockheed strikers

International Association of Machinists says new contract cuts health care and pensions and allows outsourcing.

Morning Coffee: Venlet Going to Congress for JSF Grilling

F-35C rear

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 osprey landing

V-22 fleet is not grounded, suggesting the crash was not caused by a mechanical issue.

Morning Coffee: Crash Unlikely to Hurt Osprey Program

Osprey

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

capitol hill

Roughly $500 billion in automatic defense cuts are less than a year away if Congress does nothing.