U.S. Navy

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army and Navy have conducted a successful, end-to-end test of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon as they look to field similar versions of the system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The increasingly connected and powerful Chinese military is displaying its capabilities and prompting countermoves by the U.S. and allies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
U.S. operators paused most Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey operations after a material failure caused one of the tiltrotor aircraft to make a precautionary landing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and Navy should more closely collaborate on variants of their next-generation fighters instead of further splitting apart as development continues, an influential senator argues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Stratolaunch says it is receiving its final rounds of approvals to conduct its first reusable test flight of the Talon A hypersonic testbed by Dec. 31.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A decade’s worth of investment to counter the latest Russian and Chinese threats is finally close to entering operational service across the U.S. fighter fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Molly McMillin
Both aircraft are based on Gulfstream business jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has received two U.S. military aircraft contract updates, bolstering its backlog as the company returns from a strike and faces a tough financial road.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
The incoming second presidential administration of Donald Trump may look to increase spending on nuclear efforts by expanding programs of record.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Baykar has completed a takeoff and landing of its Bayraktar TB3 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) from the Anadolu amphibious assault ship (LHD).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The use of high-end air defenses and other munitions in the Middle East and the supplying of Ukraine are affecting the U.S. military readiness in the Pacific.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first test Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) to the U.S. Air Force, just more than one year after receiving the contract.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The milestone moves the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program closer to a delayed launch date in 2026.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
The F-35Cs launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Red Sea.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Top Navy officials remain confident in the affordability and design requirements for the F/A-XX as Air Force leaders consider their own next-generation fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The UMCS is initially developed to operate the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray on board Navy carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The milestone clears the upgrade for the carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft to move toward a critical design review in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The image was unveiled this week at the Airlift/Tanker Association conference.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
But the Marine Corps probe, released Oct. 31, found the incident was not a result of a dereliction of duty.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Operational Control System program, known as OCX, was established in 2010.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
To cut mishaps by half, the service is focusing on ground-handling incidents that damage aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s new F-35 fleet did not meet any of its mission capable targets over the six-year span.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy has missed a goal to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system in the fiscal year just ended.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Craig Caffrey
When the U.S. Army began developing a utility helicopter in the 1960s, it faced the unenviable task of replacing arguably the most storied rotorcraft to date.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A market research effort opened by the Army on Oct. 8 proposes a revamp of the Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) flight training program at Fort Novosel, Alabama.
Light Attack and Advanced Training