Davis: F-35B External Weapons Give Marines 4th, 5th Generation Capabilities in One Plane
The Marine Corps’ Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will have the stealth of a fifth-generation fighter…
Marines Declare Initial Operational Capability on F-35B Joint Strike Fighter
The Marine Corps declared initial operational capability on its variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter…
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…
F-35B Begins New ‘Operational Readiness Inspection’ This Week Before IOC Decision
A previous version of this story indicated the U.S. Marine Corps flies F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets. In fact, the USMC…
Mabus: UCLASS Likely A Bridge to Autonomous Strike Aircraft, F/A-XX ‘Should be Unmanned’
The Navy’s planned carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will help the service in a transition from manned strike aircraft to…
HASC Mark Adds $120 Million for 3 Destroyer Combat System Upgrades, Money for Missiles
The House Armed Services Committee added $120 million to pay for a total of three Aegis combat system upgrades to…
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…
Navy and Air Force Planning Joint Exploration of Next Generation Fighter Follow Ons to F-22 and F/A-18E/F
The Navy and the Air Force could team up for their early look into their next crop of fighters due…
Big Deck Amphib Wasp Completes Combat Systems Qualification, Will Deploy Next Summer After 11 Year Pause
After more than ten years without deploying, the big deck amphibious warship USS Wasp (LHD-1) is ready to ship out…
Electronic Warfare Executive Committee to Focus on Strategy, Acquisition
The Pentagon’s new Electronic Warfare (EW) Executive Committee was created this week to refocus the services on matters of EW…