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…
D-Day at 70: The Port of Omaha Beach
The following post is from the June, 2014 issue of Proceedings. The article was originally titled, ‘A Project So Unique.’…
Senate Armed Services Committee Bill Backs Growlers, Carrier Refueling
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is taking steps to preserve the Boeing EA-18G Growler production line, modernize the entire…
Future Helicopter Designs Could Be Stalled By Tighter Pentagon Budgets
While acknowledging, “we will always have an operational need for vertical lift,” the Pentagon’s tight budget future is keeping the…
Document: Congressional Report on the Navy’s Next Oiler
The following is the May 21, 2014 report from the Congressional Research Service, Navy TAO(X) Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and…
Former Blue Angels CO Reprimanded for ‘Pervasive Sexual Harassment’
The Navy has found the former two-time commanding officer of the service’s Blue Angels demonstration team guilty of two counts…
Navy Joint Strike Fighter Set for October Tests at Sea
The Lockheed Martin F-35C carrier-based version of the Joint Strike Fighter is making steady progress towards sea-trials onboard USS Nimitz…
Navy Altered Destroyer Upgrades Due to Budget Pressure, Demand for Ships
Budget pressure and an insatiable demand for ships capable of bulls eyeing ballistic missiles drove the Navy to alter its plan…
Navy Taking a Second Look at A Five-Inch Guided Round
This post was updated from an earlier version to include a statement from Raytheon. The Navy’s surface warfare community is taking…
Marine Joint Strike Fighter on Track to Meet 2015 Goal
The U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is making good…
U.S. Global Hawks Operate in U.K. and Japan
The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawks has been busy in recent days, touching down in…