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Lockheed Lays Off 740

Posted by Editor on July 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

job cut scissors

Job reductions hit the sensor unit, including 75 in the DC area, as defense giant tightens up.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Jonathan Greenert, biofuel, Congress, drones, F-35, Fire Scout, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, layoffs, Lockheed Martin, P-8A Poseidon, subcontractors, UAV, White House

Lockheed Machinists Officially End Strike

Posted by Editor on June 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

F-35C JSF night takeoff

Union votes to go back to work on the Joint Strike Fighter Monday.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bell-Boeing, Congress, contracts, F-35, Goodrich, International Association of Machinists, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed Martin, MH-60R, NAVAIR, sequestration, UCLASS, V-22 Osprey, White House

Senate, White House Square Off over Sequestration

Posted by Editor on June 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

capitol hill

Senate wants details on how automatic defense cuts will affect DoD. HASC chair thinks Pentagon is secretly planning for it.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bell-Boeing, Congress, contracts, CV-22 Osprey, drones, F-35B, Joint Strke Fighter, JSF, NAVAIR, Northrop Grumman, Pentagon, sequestration, UAV, White House

White House Threatens Veto of Military Spending Bill

Posted by Editor on May 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment

White House

Obama administration unhappy with House’s MILCON and VA bill.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Booz Allen Hamilton, China, Congress, F-35, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, L-3 Communications, MilCon, National Technologies, NAVAIR, NAWCAD, Obama, SAIC, sequestration, Veterans Administration, White House

Obama Threatens Defense Bill Veto

Posted by Editor on May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

White House

Meanwhile, the House adds $5.3 billion to the Pentagon’s tab.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags budget, China, Congress, contracts, drones, India, Insitu, J-20, NAVAIR, PAK FA, Pentagon, sequestration, UAV, veto, White House

Veto Threat Dropped

Posted by Editor on December 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

White House drops threat to veto Defense Authorization Bill.

Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags airship, Buck McKeon, Defense Authorization Bill, Iran, Leon Panetta, Pentagon, White House

DoD Expands Cyber Program

Posted by Editor on September 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Expansion gains support from Homeland Security.

Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE, Boeing, cybersecurity, debt ceiling, Doomsday, GE, HASC, Joint Strike Fighter, JSF, Lockheed, Phantom, SCADA, super committee, Vulture, White House