Morning Coffee: House Moves to Boost Defense, Stop Auto-Cuts
Bills coming from the House’s defense appropriations and budget committees would protect military budgets.
Morning Coffee: X-47B Prepares for a Shocking Test
Attack drone to undergo 2,000-volt shock test at Pax River.
Morning Coffee: New Bill Aims to Stop Defense Cuts
House bill would reverse cuts scheduled to take place under sequestration.
Morning Coffee: House Tacks $4 Billion on Defense Bill
The bill is now $4 billion over the Pentagon’s request and $8 billion over what is permitted by the Budget Control Act.
AIR 4.6 Opens House, Ready to Make Deals
AIR 4.6 is not the first place you would expect to see an open house event, and it’s certainly not a place you expect to hear a sales pitch.
Pax River Graduates 21 Systems Engineers
Twenty-one civilian employees at Naval Air Station Patuxent River received master’s degrees in Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Morning Coffee: The Pros and Cons of Concurrency
Pundits debate the usefulness of producing weapon systems while they are still being tested.
Scholars, Contractors Debate Drone Ethics
Both academics and military thinkers agree we’re a long way from autonomous drones, but agree the ethical debate should start now.
Morning Coffee: Lockheed Strike Rattles F-35 Program
Lockheed’s striking machinists spark speculation of dire impacts on the Joint Strike Fighter program.
Morning Coffee: Two Larger Fire Scouts Contracted
NAVAIR contracts Northrop to produce two MQ-8Cs, which are based on a larger airframe.
