Triton Completes First Round of Flight Tests Ahead of Move to East Coast
A combined U.S. Navy and contractor team has completed the initial flight test phase for the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton…
Requirements Debate Continues to Delay UCLASS RFP
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has pushed back the release of the draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the…
DARPA Awards Contracts in Search of a 460 MPH Helicopter
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts to four companies to design a vertical take-off and landing…
Navy Issues UCLASS Notice Ahead of Imminent Request for Proposal
The U.S. Navy issued a pre-solicitation notice to industry on March 13 announcing that the release of a set of…
Why the Navy Wants More Growlers
The Navy is eyeing expanding its fleet of electronic attack aircraft to better fit into the service’s next generation plan…
Triton Testing Ahead of Schedule
Testing for the Navy’s next generation unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft is proceeding ahead of schedule, according to officials at Northrop…
Navy’s MQ-4C Triton Hits Testing Milestone
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy are progressing rapidly in flight-testing the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft.…
Top Stories 2013: U.S. Navy Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Navy: UCLASS Will be Stealthy and ‘Tomcat Size’
The U.S Navy’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) program has evolved to call for a jet that…
Saab Beats Boeing in Brazilian Fighter Deal
Sweden’s Saab JAS-39E/F Gripen NG has defeated the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the French-designed Dassault Rafale to win Brazil’s…