U.S. Navy

Battery exhaustion after encountering poor weather was the reason the Skydweller large solar-powered UAS was lost in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.

The Pentagon is reducing its reliance on clandestine contractor aircraft as military operations ramp up and new tech is deployed.

American combat aircraft and other forces are maintaining a high pace of operations to detect and down Iranian threats in the Persian Gulf.

Ocean Ships, Inc. has been awarded a $1,114,495,567 contract for the operation and maintenance of seven government-owned Oceanographic Survey vessels.

The U.S. plans to spend about $15.6 billion on development and production of the Lockheed Martin AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile, documents show.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Two U.S. Navy MQ-4C Tritons suffered catastrophic mishaps within three weeks in April.

After a 4.5-year delay, flight testing for the MQ-25 is making progress, and Boeing is developing a variant with longer endurance.

The U.S. Navy needs to move forward with fielding a next-generation fighter to keep carrier-based air superiority going ahead, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao says.

The Trump administration’s first long-range spending plan raises planned outlays for offensive missile procurement sevenfold.

The U.S. Navy on April 25 conducted the much anticipated first flight of its Boeing MQ-25 Stingray uncrewed refueling aircraft, a major milestone in the service’s pursuit of bringing autonomous aircraft to its carriers.

The most advanced Boeing P-8A Poseidon is operational, adding improved capability for wide-area signals intelligence against submarines, the U.S. Navy says.

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Aircraft procurement would more than double for the Navy under the new Pentagon spending plan.

The competition to build the U.S. Navy’s next-generation trainer has narrowed.

The first flight of the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray uncrewed refueler is imminent, as the Navy outlines an updated spending plan for an aircraft.

U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan will leave his position 13 months after his confirmation by the Senate.

The U.S. Navy is restarting Boeing P-8 Poseidon procurement after a two-year gap, seeking to order 12 more of the sub-hunting aircraft.

The U.S. Navy is growing its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye fleet largely due to the increased operational use of the platform for overland missions.

Lockheed Martin will integrate the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement into the Aegis Combat System under a roughly $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy.

U.S. budget documents released on April 21 reveal that the U.S. Navy plans to buy 4,500 air-launched hypersonic missiles for Boeing F/A-18E/Fs over the next five years.

AeroVironment says its Locust laser weapon to counter drones has undergone naval trials.

Honeywell will transfer F124 jet engine assembly permanently to Phoenix from Taiwan.

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman are exploring a future radar mission upgrade for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye as the current Block II modernization effort prepares to ramp up.

Boeing demonstrated a turbojet-powered GBU-75 Joint Direct Attack Munition Long Range (JDAM-LR) for the U.S. Navy in early April.