June 4, 2026

Wind Farm Delay Possible

wind turbine farm

Sen. Mikulski placed language in the defense bill that could prevent the wind farm from proceeding until a turbine side effects study is completed.

DoD Defends Troubled F-35 Rollout

F-35 top test pilot UK

F-35 complexities involve millions of lines of code, an integrated stealth design that includes advanced sensors, radars and electronic warfare capability.

Boeing, Northrop Win Huge Navy Contracts

Boeing to supply 38 F/A-18E Super Hornet fighters and 21 EA-18G Growlers and Northrop to build 25 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes.

Multiplying Military Drones Challenge Safe Air Travel

Drone flight hours have tripled in shared US airspace since 2011 and the ongoing expansion of DoD drone flights will transform American aviation.

Morning Coffee: DoD Specifies Sequestration Cuts

Continued personnel reductions across the military, 17 fewer F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and six fewer P-8A aircraft define the FY16 budget.

Morning Coffee: CNO – No Need for BRAC

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said last week that he doesn’t believe the Navy needs to go through another round of base closures.

Morning Coffee: Budget Cuts Naval Aviation, Not UCLASS

Potential Boeing UCLASS

Unmanned technology and benefit reductions define Pentagon budget strategies and a slim majority of Senators keep sexual assault cases inside chain of command to avert a war against the military cultural.

Morning Coffee: 2015 Budget Cuts Deep

budget axe

Military personnel spending may drop to 2008 levels as DOD cuts back from steep wartime expenditures under the 2015 budget request released Tuesday.

Morning Coffee: P-8A Enters Full-Rate Production

Even as the Navy buys more aircraft, some pilots are planning for a future flying from a desk with a joy stick and keyboard.

CIA to Arm Syrian Rebels, Senate Advances Defense Budget

Sexual assault, procurement, the JSF’s future and more details of DoD’s out years emerge as Senate finalizes its defense authorization bill this week.