White House Sequestration Report Due to Arrive
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Obama’s sequestration spending report is supposed to finally go to Capitol Hill today, Aviation Week reports and The Hill corroborates. Defense News says that the House’s anti-sequestration bill won’t be leaving the chamber, but quotes Sen. McCain as ready to make a deal. Defense Daily reports that Congress’ temporary continuing resolution budget is favorable to defense (paywall).
Engility announces that it is buying out four percent of its workforce and restructuring, Washington Technology reports.
Time reports that the Pentagon has no manned aircraft programs in the R&D phase right now. Boeing says the drone market will shrink once troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, according to DoD Buzz.
The Navy is considering two sites on the Eastern Shore for auxiliary training airfields, Navy Times reports.
As the budget noose tightens, AOL Defense sees Boeing talking trash about Lockheed’s Joint Strike Fighter and Navy Undersecretary Robert Work smack talking the Army’s forward operating capability. Boeing’s bark may have some bite, as Aviation Week reports that the Air Force F-35 production projections are doubtful.
Omega Aerial Refueling Services Inc. gets $15.3 million more from NAVAIR for additional contractor owned and operated aircraft services in support of the Commercial Air Services program.
