The Latest News From The U.S. Navy
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| CG, Navy to Conduct Joint Exercise |
| Pakistan Flood Relief Team Moves South |
| Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to Deploy |
| UUV Development Accelerates Although robotic vehicles are redefining air and land operations, the revolution in unmanned vehicles for undersea and surface use is still in its early stages. |
| Gates Wages a Budget War and a Gamble At the heart of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates's new gambit lie two bold guesses: first, that his budget cuts and force reductions will do more good than harm; and second, that Congress, the White House and even the public will accept the sacrifices and dig no deeper into warfighting capability. |
| Afghanistan Drives Pentagon Fuel Deals The Pentagon spent about $4.8 billion on fuel and liquid propellants in 2009, making them the third-highest expense for the U.S. military last year, according to an Aerospace DAILY analysis of federal contracting data provided by the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. |
| Sikorsky Protests Afghanistan Russian Helos Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has filed a protest against U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) demanding the suspension of a request for proposals (RFP) for Russian Mi-17 helicopters for Afghanistan. |
| DARPA Eyes Crowd-Sourcing to Generate Ideas Looking beyond the aerospace and defense industry for more than just inspiration, the Pentagon's advanced research arm wants to tap a wider population for ideas ranging from spacecraft software to military vehicles. |
| Navy, USAF Coordinate High-Altitude UAV Work More questions than answers are arising from the U.S. Navy/Air Force memorandum of agreement to coordinate efforts on their respective high-altitude reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). |
| JSF Chief a No-Show at Farnborough Vice Adm. David Venlet, the new director of the tri-service, nine-nation Joint Strike Fighter program, is not planning to attend the Farnborough Air Show during his first year in the high-profile post. |
