The Latest News From The U.S. Navy
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| Lockheed Martin Eyes 90 Extra JSFs The F-35 manufacturer hopes to "buy back" up to 90 stealthy fighters that were lost in the recent program restructuring, but a likely cost-overrun declaration this month will be a major hurdle for the company to surmount. |
| March is Brain Injury Awareness Month |
| 'Big 5' Ship's Store Best In Class |
| Navy Women in Aviation Show Diversity |
| US Navy Plans Armed UCAS-D Follow-on The U.S. Navy is planning to demonstrate an armed, sensor-equipped, carrier-based unmanned combat aircraft system (UCAS) by 2018, as a follow-on to carrier-suitability and autonomous aerial-refueling demonstrations planned for completion in 2013. |
| The Muddy Future of Vertical Lift Riding high on domestic military business, the U.S. rotorcraft industry is looking at the strengthening commercial and international competition and wondering where the technology investment will come from to stay in the game. |
| Electronic Attack Prominent In Defense Budget Electronic and computer attack -- the futuristic segment of the Pentagon's arsenal -- will benefit from the proposed 2011 military spending plan, but identifying all the key pieces is difficult without close scrutiny. |
| Major Work Ahead on Russian Stealth Fighter Russia has begun flying a stealthy fifth-generation fighter to rival the U.S. F-22, but Western analysts question whether Sukhoi can develop and deliver the aircraft by 2015 as promised. |
| MV-22 and ABV Meet Expectations While CH-53 helicopters were unloading Marines in the Now Zad valley in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on Dec. 4, history was being made a short distance away. Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft were disgorging Marines from the reconnaissance unit Task Force Raider in three landing zones at the opposite end of the valley, kicking off an assault on the Now Zad area to eliminate Taliban influence. |
| Despite Heron Deal, Turkey and Israel at Odds Amid a deteriorating relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem, the long-delayed sale of Israeli Heron unmanned air vehicles to Turkey is finally getting underway. |
