SpaceX Lands It! Space Travel Approaches Affordability.
SpaceX gently landed a rocket back on Earth for reuse, after sending its payload into orbit, a huge step forward for affordable space travel.
Navy Unmanned Weapon Systems Gets Director
Navy names RADM Robert P. Girrier its first director of unmanned weapon systems,
Surface Navy Taking Tips from Naval Aviation
Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, beefing up its force, will add elite surface warfare officers (SWOs).
NAS Pax Gate 3 to Re-Open Next Week
NAS Patuxent River plans to resume workday access hours at Gate 3 Monday, April 20, 2015.
SpaceX Set to Launch Today
The key to making the cargo drop to the space station profitable, is bringing the rocket back home in reuasble condition.
Pax Force Videoed on JSF Night Flights at Nimitz
Video of a F-35 Lightning II from the Pax River Integrated Test Force conducting the first carrier-based night flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
Senate Appropriations Panel Giveth and Taketh Away
Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Leader’s owners or staff. A Senate panel on Tuesday approved nearly $550 billion in military spending as part of a bill that would keep alive weapon systems the Pentagon wanted to retire, Navy Times reports. The chamber’s Appropriations Defense subcommittee unanimously approved legislation that would give the Pentagon $489.6 billion in base spending and $58.3 billion in war funding. It would block a long list of weapon…
