DoD Objects to Wind Farm
The Somerset County wind farm project now faces formal Pentagon opposition based on possible NAS Pax River radar interference.
Sequester Rollback Chances Improve
Sequester rollback is possible due to the ISIS fight, potential Republican control of the Senate, the falling budget deficit and the emerging Ebola threat.
Fewer Veterans in Congress
The number of vets in Congress has steadily dropped and now the veteran lawmaker count could sink to under 100 for the first time since the 1950s.
GAO Calls F-35 “Not Affordable”
Draft report says the F-35’s long-term costs may be substantially higher than those of the existing F/A-18, F-15, F-16 and Harrier combat aircraft fleets.
International F-35 Sales Boost Lockheed
The aeronautics division saw revenue rising from $3.41 billion to $3.86 billion and operating profit from $407 million to $453 million.
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…
USS Mesa Verde, V-22 Ospreys Ordered to Gulf
The Mesa Verde provides quick-reaction forces and a complement of MV-22 Ospreys, which excel at evacuation operations.
Morning Coffee: Drone Production to Fall After 2017
Drone manufacturing will increase over the next three years before declining for the next seven as demand falls.
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.
Morning Coffee: Human Toll of Military Layoffs
Job-security concerns may compound pressures already producing record behavioral and physical health issues.
