Morning Coffee: DoD Contracting Down in March
Contracts fall 11 percent as the Pentagon continues to respond to sequestration cuts and the Afghanistan pullout.
Morning Coffee: NAVAIR Head Seeks Contracting Reform
Vice Adm. Dunaway says overhead costs overwhelm the implementation of new technology and that there is a “stranglehold” of proprietary systems.
Surveillance Aircraft Top House Priority
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities are top priorities and include the Northrop Global Hawk and Boeing P-8 aircraft.
Morning Coffee: UCLASS RFP Due This Summer
The Boeing X-47B to start new sea trials and the UCLASS X-47B follow on RFP is scheduled for release this summer.
Morning Coffee: Navy Laser Weapon Development Advances
Navy engineers to deploy a groundbreaking laser weapon prototype on the USS Ponce for at-sea testing this summer.
Morning Coffee: US Seeks Cyber Transparency With China
DefSec Hagel in China to avert the escalating possibility of crippling cyber attacks and counterattacks between the United States and China.
Morning Coffee: Federal Contracting Competition Stiffens
Opportunities are attracting more bidders who make aggressive offers with smaller profit margins and losers are much more likely to protest awards.
Morning Coffee: Hoyer Supports Wind Farm Limits
Hoyer backs a bill that would place limits on a proposed wind farm because it may interfere with NAS Pax River flight testing radar.
Morning Coffee: F-35 Program Cost Projection Slashed
The GAO cut the F-35’s estimated acquisition costs “due solely to efficiencies found within the program as no decrease in quantities was reported.”
Morning Coffee: DoD Spending Projections Improve
The Pentagon’s five-year projections for procurement spending on its 63 major weapons programs look more positive than last year’s forecast.
