Navy Wants to Shed RAQ Designation from Stingray Carrier UAV
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Navy wants to continue to tweak what it will call the Stingray — its first carrier-based…
Navy Pushing New Name for Unmanned Aerial Tanker: RAQ-25 Stingray
The Navy wants to change the Pentagon imposed designation of its RAQ-25 carrier-based unmanned aerial tanker with its own nom-de-drone…
Pentagon to Navy: Convert UCLASS Program Into Unmanned Aerial Tanker, Accelerate F-35 Development, Buy More Super Hornets
The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) effort is being retooled as primarily a carrier-based unmanned aerial…
Panel Outlines Range of Military Personnel Reforms to Senate Armed Services Committee
A previous version of the this post appeared without the correct author byline. It has been amended. When looking to…
CNO Nominee Richardson: Ford Carrier Cost Growth ‘Unacceptable’
The presumptive next head of the Navy called the billions in cost growth for the service’s next generation aircraft carrier program…
Document: Chief of Naval Operations’ Navigation Plan
The following is the latest revision to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert’s CNO’s Navigation Plan, issued on July…
Britain’s Top Admiral: U.S., U.K Planning For ‘Closer and Stronger’ Naval Alliance
LONDON — Five years ago the Royal Navy was reeling from the impact of the British government’s 2010 Strategic Defence…
Rep. Forbes: New U.S. Maritime Strategy Revision ‘Light Years Ahead’ of 2007 Original
The recent revision to the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard’s maritime strategy is ‘light years ahead’ of the 2007…
CNO Greenert Warns Congress of Fighter Shortfall, Boeing Super Hornet Line to Close in 2017 Absent New Orders
This story has been updated to include a statement about the Navy’s upcoming release of an Unfunded Requirements List. WASHINGTON, D.C. —…
Opinion: Maintaining American Seapower
Facing an increasing array of threats and demands even as our budgetary situation grows more challenging, it is clear that…