Today's Top News

• Health, education and defense rally against sequestration
  As the days tick down to the March 1 sequestration deadline, the Aerospace Industries Association has aligned with those in health and education to push Congress to stop the cuts. "We're stronger united than divided," said Emily Holubowich, executive director of the Coalition for Health Funding. Defense and domestic groups plan a major lobbying effort this week, while the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, homeland security and education will testify at congressional hearings this week. The Hill/DEFCON Hill blog (2/10)     

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Defense

Blakey: "Time to act" on sequestration Already, the negative effects of sequestration are being felt, writes Marion Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association. Profit and headcount at defense contractors and the nation's GDP are slipping, she says. "Sequestration is no way to run a great nation," Blakey writes. "The outlines of a balanced, bipartisan approach to our nation's debt and deficit issues — a combination of targeted budget cuts, entitlement reforms and additional tax reforms — are well known. It's time to act." American City Business Journals/Washington, D.C./FedBiz Daily blog (2/7)      Pentagon will submit 2014 budget on March 25 The Defense Department will put forward its proposed fiscal 2014 budget on March 25, though some parts of its budget -- spending for intelligence and information technology -- will come in April. The Pentagon budget won't take into account sequestration cuts, and if the cuts go through, the budget date may change. Defense News (2/10)      Presidential cyberdefense order may come this week White House officials say President Barack Obama may issue an executive order on the nation's cyberdefense after his State of the Union speech Tuesday. The order would create computer security guidelines for key parts of the nation's infrastructure and outline how federal agencies should implement cyberdefense standards. Bloomberg Businessweek (2/8)      Obama thanks Panetta, shows support for Hagel Thanking Leon Panetta for his service, President Barack Obama bid farewell to the outgoing secretary of defense, and praised Panetta's leadership in the fight against al-Qaida. "Keeping us prepared will be the mission of my nominee to be the next secretary of defense, a combat veteran with the experience, judgment and vision that our troops deserve -- Chuck Hagel," Obama said. Reuters (2/8)      Other News Dempsey: Sequester could reduce size of forces Reuters (2/9)

Commercial Aviation

• Boeing tells airlines that Dreamliner deliveries will be delayed
  Thomson Airways and Norwegian Air Shuttle have been informed by Boeing that deliveries of their 787 Dreamliner will be delayed. Separately, Boeing is expected to conduct test flights to study issues with the aircraft's lithium-ion battery. Reuters (2/9), The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (2/8)     

• Other News

• Boeing 787 Dreamliner performs "uneventful" test flight
  Reuters (2/10)     

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Space

• NASA satellite will conduct 40-year Earth study
  A new satellite set for launch today will conduct an acre-by-acre study of the surface of Earth -- a study that is scheduled to last 40 years and which will provide information on changes to landscape, development and weather. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission was created by NASA and the United States Geological Survey. Space.com (2/10)     

• Other News

• Asteroid will zoom near Earth on Friday
  Voice of America (2/8)     

Hot Topics

Top five news stories selected by AIA dailyLead® readers in the past week.

• Lockheed offers manager buyouts, wants to cut jobs (Defense News)

• Boeing is addressing battery issues on 787 with redesign (The Wall Street Journal)

• NTSB is "making progress" on 787 investigation (Reuters)

• House budget bill with steep spending cut assumes sequester (Bloomberg)

• Pentagon will submit sequestration plan by Friday (Defense News)

• Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.

AIA News

• More than 3,500 organizations demand end to sequestration cuts
  Unprecedented joining of groups across all sectors sends a clear message to Congress and the White House that with 2.14 million jobs on the line, it is long past time to avert devastating sequestration budget cuts – More than 3,500 organizations from all sectors of the economy and society joined forces to urge Congress and President Obama to put an immediate end to sequestration budget cuts which threaten to send the economy reeling back into recession and destroy more than two million American jobs. Read more.     

• Urgent call to action – Write Congress and the White House to stop sequestration
  On March 1, the federal government will begin implementing the initial round of sequestration budget cuts to defense and other important federal programs. Now is the time to reach out to your elected officials to communicate the urgent need to repeal sequestration. Go to the Second to None website to send a letter to your elected officials in Washington today.     

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