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…
Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aircraft Performs First Touch and Go
Less than a week after its historic launch off the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the Navy’s…
Bob Work’s Advice for the Pentagon
Bob Work — the chief executive officer of Center for a New American Security and former under secretary of the…
Admiral: China Will Likely Learn Carrier Ropes Faster than U.S.
A previous version of this story cited an incorrect figure for the number of lost aircrew in the Navy and…
Navy Makes History With Unmanned Carrier Launch
The U.S. Navy ushered in a new era in aviation with Tuesday’s launch of the first autonomous jet from an…
Nimitz Leaves Busan for Sea of Japan
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) has left Busan, Korea for joint exercises between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea,…
The Future Chinese Carrier Force
China’s acquisition of its first operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, has generated headlines of late. Those reports have included questions…
Navy Plans to Launch Carrier UAV Next Tuesday
Next week the Navy will launch its experimental fixed winged unmanned aerial vehicle on its first flight from an aircraft…
Private Jets Fill Air Show Void Left by Pentagon Cuts
Art Nalls—air show performer and the owner/operator of what maybe the only working civilian Harrier jump jet in the country—may…
Work and Roughead Talk Fleet Protection
Electromagnetic rail guns, lasers and anti-torpedo torpedoes may be the key technologies necessary to ensure the continued viability of the U.S. Navy’s…
Crashed KC-135 Crew From Fairchild AFB
The Air Force has identified three crewmembers of a KC-135 refueling tanker that crashed Friday in Kyrgyzstan, according to a…