Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Under New Policy for Identifying Servicemen, Pentagon Will Exhume USS Oklahoma Sailors, Marines
The Pentagon will renew its efforts to identify previously unknown service members buried at military cemeteries, starting with sailors and…
Document: Pentagon Memo on Unknown Military Remains Policy
The following is the April 14, 2015 memo announcing new policy on disinterring and identifying missing service members.…
Navy, Newport News Seeking Ways to Cut Carrier Costs, Introduce More Competition
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said the Navy is making good progress learning lessons…
Mabus: F-35 Will Be ‘Last Manned Strike Fighter’ the Navy, Marines ‘Will Ever Buy or Fly’
This post has been updated to include a comment from Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.). NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Secretary of the…
Frigate Will Leverage Littoral Combat Ship Testing, Focus on New Combat Systems
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s new frigate will go through the requirements-generation and testing processes as a flight upgrade…
NAVAIR: Aerial Refueling Will End X-47B Test Program, Salty Dogs Bound for Museums or Boneyard
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — There are no plans to extend the testing for its Unmanned Carrier Air Vehicle demonstrator (UCAS-D)…
Navy Created Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council to Coordinate Experimentation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy has stood up an Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council at the Pentagon to look…
USS America Performing Well in Trials; Shipbuilder Looking for Further Efficiencies
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Post-delivery testing on USS America (LHA-6) went far more smoothly than on previous big-decks, and the Navy…
NAVSEA Details At Sea 2016 Railgun Test on JHSV Trenton
Next year Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct the first at sea test of its electromagnetic railgun, hurling a guided…
Navy Further Extending Life of Already-Extended LCACs Until Replacement Delivers in 2017
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy is further extending the life of Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) that have already gone…