Marines Won’t Need a Carrier for High-End Fight With MUX Unmanned System
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Marine Corps and Navy are preparing for a high-end fight that will require ships to be distributed…
VADM Stearney Takes Command of 5th Fleet; RADM Corey Takes Over PEO Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons
Vice Adm. Scott Stearney relieved Vice Adm. John Aquilino as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th…
Navy’s P-8As Unaffected by FAA’s Boeing 737 Engine Inspection Requirement After Fatal Southwest Incident
The Navy’s fleet of P-8A Poseidon aircraft are not in any immediate risk of facing the same engine failure that…
Lawmakers Quiz Military Aviation Leadership About F-35 Costs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Military leaders spent two days on Capitol Hill outlining the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program…
F-35C Aviators Carrier Qualify Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) recently notched some significant firsts for air operations, including using a new landing system during carrier operations…
Fire Scout to Serve as Forward Spotter for Navy Surface Ships With Addition of Radar, Datalink
The Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles will receive a new radar and datalink to set the UAV up as…
Aegis Combat System ‘Virtual Twin’ Pilot Program Could Lead to Fielding Faster Upgrades
The Navy will deploy a “virtual twin” of the Aegis Combat System in February that, if the pilot program proves…
NAVAIR Pushing Paperless Engineering to Speed Aircraft, Weapon Design
SPRINGFIELD, Va. – The commander of Naval Air Systems Command called for a new model-based systems engineering environment that would…
Navy Digital Warfare Office Proving Data Analytics Can Help Address Nagging Operational Problems
THE PENTAGON – The Navy is seeing first-hand that thoughtful data collection and analysis can go a long way in addressing…
NAVAIR Kicking off V-22 Osprey Modernization Drive to Improve Commonality
Naval Air Systems Command has begun its effort to reduce the Marine Corps’ fleet of MV-22 Ospreys from more than…