Navy Issues Boeing $200M Long-lead Super Hornet Award Ahead of Planned 20 Fighter Award
This post has been updated with a statement from Boeing. The Navy issued Boeing $200 million to keep its F/A-18E/F…
FY2024 Budget: Navy Request Calls for 9 New Ships, Asks to Shed 2 Littoral Combat Ships, 9 Other Ships
THE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to purchase nine battle force ships and decommission 11 hulls in its Fiscal Year…
CBO Report on Super Hornet Availability
The following is the Feb. 9, 2023, Congressional Budget Office report, Availability and Use of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Fighter…
CNO Gilday: Next-Generation Air Dominance Will Come Ahead of DDG(X) Destroyer
ARLINGTON, Va. – First the fighter, then the destroyer and finally the submarine. That’s the order the Navy is set…
Top Stories 2022: U.S. Navy Acquisition
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022. This year saw the U.S.…
SECNAV Del Toro: Navy Needs to ‘Be Realistic’ in Pursuit of Next Destroyer, Sub, Fighter
The technologies developed for the Navy’s next destroyer, submarine and fighter must be mature and cost-effective before the new platforms…
Report to Congress on the Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program
The following is the Oct. 11, 2022, Congressional Research Service report: Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program.…
Report to Congress on Air Force Next-Generation Air Dominance Program
The following is the June 23, 2022 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Air Force Next-Generation Air Dominance Program.…
Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Will be the ‘Quarterback’ for a Team of Unmanned Aircraft
The future F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter will operate as the Navy’s “quarterback” for manned and unmanned teaming in future carrier operations,…
Navy Keeps Next-Generation Fighter Research Costs Classified For Third Consecutive Budget Cycle
THE PENTAGON – The Navy is spending more money to develop its sixth-generation fighter program but is keeping the costs…