U.S. Navy

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has been awarded an $18.2 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to mature autonomous refueling.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Delayed and over budget, the CVN 78 maintains a high sortie generation rate despite development hurdles.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy wants to field a new trainer by 2030 and is planning to rely on virtual carrier landing practice to avoid a long aircraft development cycle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Navy now has no target date for its T-45 replacement award as it continues studies for carrier landing practice.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A $25 billion concept for a Golden Dome upper-layer of 2,000 space-based interceptors has been unveiled by Booz Allen.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The ability of an Aegis guided missile destroyer to detect, track and intercept a maneuvering hypersonic missile has been demonstrated in a simulated test.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Gen. Thomas Bussiere is expected to be nominated as the U.S. Air Force's No. 2, Aviation Week has learned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, its strike aircraft and support ships are conducting an exercise off the coast of North Carolina.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Brian Everstine
USAF and Navy leaders have pitched their future fighter plans to Trump, as the Pentagon and the administration prepare to decide how to fund procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Third Multi-Domain Task Force is also pressing for additional long-endurance uncrewed aircraft systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The president’s vision of a comprehensive homeland defense system faces questions over how the project should be led in development and commanded in operations.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The House on March 11 approved a CR to keep the government funded through Sept. 30.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (UX)-24 loaded the first SkyTower II Airborne Network Extension pod on a MQ-9A Block 5-25 aircraft on Feb. 25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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