U.S. Navy

Readers write about U.S. Navy E-2 Hawkeyes, maintaining airline pilots’ flying skills, and what should be done to solve problems at Boeing.

The requirements for the Multi-mission Affordable Capacity Effector (MACE) missile call for a small, cheap alternative to an advanced cruise missile.

Multiple U.S. aircraft including B-1B long-range bombers conducted dozens of air strikes on Feb. 2 targeting Iranian officials and militias in Iraq and Syria.

The U.S. Navy’s CMV-22B fleet is not “operationally suitable” because of failures of many of its subsystems.

Northrop Grumman’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) in late January passed its preliminary design review (PDR) on an accelerated schedule.

Lockheed Martin and IFS discuss how artificial intelligence could transform aircraft maintenance in commercial and defense segments.

U.S. aircraft early Jan. 24 local time conducted air strikes on locations linked to Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah inside Iraq.

U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.

The U.S. and UK on Jan. 22 conducted another round of air strikes on Houthi militia targets inside Yemen.

U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets carried out air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen on Jan. 18.

On Nov. 15, 1994, a female fighter pilot flew a combat mission for the U.S. for the very first time.

While the U.S. and UK were the only nations to conduct the strikes, they were supported by Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands.

U.S. aircraft on Jan. 4 struck and killed the leader of an Iranian proxy group in Baghdad.

The U.S. Navy has reassigned Grumman C-2 Greyhounds from USS Ronald Reagan to USS Carl Vinson in the wake of the grounding of the Vinson's CMV-22 Ospreys.

More details about France’s V-MAX hypersonic glider flight test have emerged.

Congressional authorizers want a broad relook at U.S. Air Force and Navy tactical aircraft force structure.

Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.

The U.S. Army faces a longer wait for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon though DOD officials say the launcher problem should not impact the Navy’s CPS program.

The acquisition of the first batch of 27 retired SH-60s has been approved, with another 79 possibly to follow in future batches.

Germany has formally contracted for three additional Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, just days after funding was approved by the Parliament.

The Pentagon plans by year's end to select which uncrewed autonomous systems will see accelerated development and bulk purchases.

A U.S. Navy P-8A submarine-hunting aircraft ended up in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay, marking the first time the service may lose one of the Boeing 737-based jets.

The Boeing MQ-25 will not enter production until after development testing can begin on the first production-representative aircraft.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will get a chance next year to prove the Predator is worthy of a long-term contract from the U.S. Navy.

Over 50 years, GPS has evolved and inspired the development of similar systems by other nations.