April 20, 2024

Morning Coffee: DoD Contracts Continue Dive

DoD contracts fell 48 percent in February extending a drop that has awards near the lowest level in almost two years,

Morning Coffee: AirLand Chair Advocates Full F-35 Funding

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, incoming chairman of the AirLand subcommittee, believes the best approach to resolving F-35 problems is to fully fund it.

Morning Coffee: Navy Expands Plane Search

The USS Kidd, a guided missile destroyer, has now joined the USS Pinckney in the search effort for a missing Malaysian airliner.

Morning Coffee: 2015 Budget Cuts Deep

budget axe

Military personnel spending may drop to 2008 levels as DOD cuts back from steep wartime expenditures under the 2015 budget request released Tuesday.

Morning Coffee: DOD Budget Cuts Vs. Capability

aircraft carrier

How the Navy can find a balance between developing effective future capabilities while absorbing ongoing budget cuts.

Morning Coffee: Human Toll of Military Layoffs

Job-security concerns may compound pressures already producing record behavioral and physical health issues.

Morning Coffee: Big DoD Cuts Still Miss Target

Personnel, benefits, ships and entire military bases are on the chopping block, but still DoD is far short of what sequestration might still require for FY2015.

Morning Coffee: Pentagon Cyber Budget Gets Boost

Increased spending will be aimed at improving cyber capabilities including cyber security, intelligence gathering, and reconnaissance.

Sponsors Lining Up for STEM-ING

Lockheed is Pax Partnership’s first sponsor to join the 2014 Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics – Inspiring the Next Generation workshop for girls.

Morning Coffee: Congress Should Shutter Some Bases

DOD says some bases are no longer needed as wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conclude but lawmakers want to protect jobs in their districts.