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Striking Lockheed Workers Deliver Demands

Posted by Editor on June 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Lockheed strikers

Machinists strike has dragged on for nearly two months.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Congress, contracts, F-35, International Association of Machinists, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, NAVAIR, PTSD, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, sequestration, strike

Morning Coffee: Two Larger Fire Scouts Contracted

Posted by Editor on April 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

MQ-8C Fire Scout Model

NAVAIR contracts Northrop to produce two MQ-8Cs, which are based on a larger airframe.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Congress, contracts, drones, Fire Scout, ISR, Lockheed Martin, MQ-8C, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, PTSD, Rolls Royce, sequestration, UAV, V-22 Osprey, Veterans Affairs

To the Danger Zone

Posted by Editor on February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Lockheed plans to aggressively test JSF this year.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, contracts, drones, EFW, F-35, France, General Atomics, Iran, Israel, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed, NAVAIR, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Pax River, PTSD, sense and avoid, Sensor and Antenna Systems, Super Hornet, UAV

Bye Bye Blimp

Posted by Editor on February 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A frequent local visitor last year, the Navy’s blimp is now mothballed.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, Congress, contracts, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, L-3, NAVAIR, Pentagon, PTSD, Rolls Royce, Veterans Administration, Warlock 9A

DOT&E Report Released

Posted by Editor on January 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Pentagon

The Pentagon releases the FY2011 Developmental Test and Evaluation Report.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags DOT&E, F-35C, Iran, ISR, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, PTSD, sequestration

Viper To Get Chopped?

Posted by Editor on December 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Official tells Inside Defense that program will be dropped in favor of new helicopters.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AH-1Z Viper, Fire Scout, Iraq, KMAX, Leon Panetta, PTSD, sequestration, UCAS, X-47B

Congress Moves to Save JSF

Posted by Editor on November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Bipartisan caucus, backed by Lockheed, wants to stop budget chop.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags biofuel, Eastern Shore, F-35, Fire Scout, GOP, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, PTSD, Republican, wind farm

Dems Hold the Line

Posted by Editor on November 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

capitol hill

Democrats vow to hold Congress to harsh cuts if super committee fails.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags biofuel, CSC, F-35B, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Leon Panetta, PTSD, sequestration, super committee, veterans, Wyle