April 25, 2024

Morning Coffee: Fire Scout Can’t Shake Reputation

Fire Scout at Pax

Latest Pentagon cost report still says the unmanned helicopter is unreliable as close air support.

Morning Coffee: JSF’s Cost Estimate Jumps 15 Percent

F-35’s lifetime cost estimate now sits at $1.45 trillion.

Morning Coffee: Here Come the Eastern Shore Windmills

Eastern Shore wind energy

Crisfield project scaled back under pressure from Pax River.

Morning Coffee: Congress Slams JSF Cost Overruns

F-35C JSF Pax hangar

Foreign partners wavering on fighter program.

Morning Coffee: BRAC Stopped Cold in Senate Committee

capitol hill

Sen. McCaskill says domestic base closure proposals will not leave her base panel.

Morning Coffee: Miss America to Visit NAS Pax River

Laura Kaeppeler coming Thursday as part of a USO promotion.

Navy to Seek Growler Replacement Ideas This Summer

A pair of Boeing EA-18G Growlers, XE 573 166857 and XE 571 166855 of the VX-9 "Vampires" bank over the desert.

NAVAIR could release RFPs for the next-generation jammer this summer.

Defense Lobby Warns of Industry-Wide Shutdown

capitol hill

Lobbyists pressure Congress to reverse sequestration cuts.

Where’s the Competition?

Pentagon aerial

The number of new suppliers to the Pentagon fell by 14 percent last year.

F-35C Graded on Curve

F-35C rear

The Pentagon allows F-35C to fudge on its landing speed requirement.