Morning Coffee: MD House Passes Turbine Moratorium
SoMd legislators sought the moratorium fearing radar interference from a wind turbine farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland across the Chesapeake Bay from NAS:PaxRiver.
Space Planes, Spy Planes and Supersonic Planes
Lockheed, Boeing and Northrup have designs for NASA’s supersonic plane in 2025 and DARPA has plans for a space plane even sooner.
Two More Furlough Days, Readiness Still Suffers
The Deputy Secretary of Defense makes the news rounds to tout a DoD budget realignment that rolls back the unpopular civilian furloughs and also to warn of a loss of military readiness as a result of sequestration.
100 Amendments OK’d for House DoD Budget Debate
Amendments on NSA email surveillance, arms to Syria and the US role in Egypt are among those approved for consideration as the House tackles the DoD budget bill.
A Contentious Week Ahead for DoD on The Hill
Military budgets, military strategies, military industries and military security concerns convene in Congress this week as the Navy’s latest communication satellite orbits overhead.
