U.S. Navy

By Chen Chuanren
The French Navy is working alongside the U.S. Navy to help the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force build expertise and knowledge on aircraft carrier operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The service on March 5 said it planned to award a sole-source contract to Boeing for the work that it aims to have completed before next Oct. 1.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Civilian cellular network technology has many military uses.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Spotted at NASA’s Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, the forward fuselage of the Rockwell XFV-12A looked disconsolate on its trolley.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
John Phelan, a career investment manager and U.S. Navy outsider, painted a glowing description of the F-35’s capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The study will define requirements for joint air battle management in a “high-end fight,” said John Phelan, the nominee for Navy secretary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Tens of thousands of civilian workers are expected to be cut as leaders call for a steep budget reprioritization.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The Prometheus joint venture plans to complete a $175 million, 500-acre complex near a U.S. Army and Navy facility in Crane, Indiana, in 2027.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The mission system upgrades installed at Cecil Field, Florida, are known bureaucratically as the Increment 3, Block 2 version of the P-8.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
President Trump said he was removing Chairman Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.—the same general he picked to lead the U.S. Air Force during his first term.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A new kind of air vehicle is entering the U.S. military arsenal, capable of performing several roles including strike, reconnaissance and target decoy duties.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The Navy for years has talked about the absurdity of using an MH-60 to deliver a few pounds of replacement parts and has now moved to fund a large cargo drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The picture shows two LRAMs carried on outboard pylons of a Bell AH-1Z Viper test aircraft.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A secretive DARPA office has a new project: a large hypersonic bomber prototype. The Aerospace Projects Office keeps a low profile, even by DARPA standards.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman collided with a merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea, the latest incident for the carrier in the past three months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A new blueprint for Marine Corps aviation doubles down on a long-term trend that favors carrier-based F-35s over an amphibious-capable variant.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Block II infrared search and track cleared the initial operational capability milestone three months ago.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The release of the 2025 Marine Corps Aviation Plan clarifies the intent of a two-year-old experimental campaign involving the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Trident IID5LE2 is expected to enter service in the 2030s on Columbia-class and future Royal Navy submarines as a virtually new long-range ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Boeing F-15s are getting anti-ship standoff weapons as the Air Force looks to use machine learning to improve tracking of targets at sea.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
A raid in Yemen inaugurates a new era in U.S. battlefield airborne electronic attack that may be defined by 50 years of continuous evolution.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Hegseth, a former Army National Guard officer turned Fox News host, has turned into one of the more controversial nominations by Trump ahead of next week’s inauguration.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Service Secretary Frank Kendall in July 2024 paused the development of the Next Generation Air Dominance’s penetrating counter air fighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The C-130Js from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing based near the fires are the first to be activated.
Multi-Mission Aircraft