GAO Report on F-35 Modernization
The following is the May 16, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Program Continues to Encounter Production Issues and Modernization Delays…
U.S. Destroyer, P-8 Poseidons Join Search for Missing Japanese F-35A Pilot; Officials Say Fighter Crashed
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer and P-8A Poseidons maritime surveillance aircraft have joined in the search for a Japanese Air Self…
Schultz: Coast Guard Readiness at a ‘Tipping Point’
Unlike the other military services, the Coast Guard has not received budgetary relief to eliminate its maintenance backlog and keep…
New Defense Strategy, Commitment to Readiness Drove Major Shifts in Navy Budget
THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request includes tectonic shifts in how the Navy does business –…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 8, 2019
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
Navy Fighter Readiness Nearing 80 Percent Mission Capable Target
CAPITOL HILL – The Navy now boasts its Super Hornet fleet is routinely 63 to 75 percent mission capable, a significant…
Marines Say CH-53K Deficiencies Are All ‘Fixable’
CAPITOL HILL – The Marines’ top aviator said the new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter has had some struggles during its…
Marines Accelerating F-35C Procurement to Support Carrier Deployments; F-35B Buys Would Slow
CAPITOL HILL – The Marine Corps is accelerating its F-35C carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter procurement and slowing its F-35B…
Navy’s Next-Generation Fighter Analysis Due Out this Summer
CAPITOL HILL — Just as the first Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornets are rolling off the Boeing production line, the…
Navy Rules Out Suspected Physiological Episodes Cause While Super Hornet Rates Grow in 2019
CAPITOL HILL — The Navy has ruled out breathing air contamination as a cause of physiological episodes, but a complex…
Carrier Eisenhower Returns to Norfolk After Completing Sea Trials
Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., after its first underway since 2017.…