U.S. Navy

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon still lacks a plan to successfully wrestle sustainment functions away from the collection of contractors that now jealously own those roles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Garrett Reim
Top officials argue the service cannot push too far on autonomy, warning of requirements creep dragging down the schedule and increasing costs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
T-38, T-45 face decreasing mission capable rates, grounding due to aging powerplants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A major new Pentagon initiative to bring on thousands of cheap autonomous systems will not require new funding or authorities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Collins Elbit Vision Systems joint venture has unveiled the Zero-G helmet-mounted display system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Requirements for the service’s T-45 replacement would likely mean more engineering work for existing competitors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Anduril Industries has acquired North Carolina-based Blue Force Technologies (BFT) and the small firm’s large uncrewed aircraft system development program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A two-decade trend of failed X-plane projects at the agency appears to be reversing, with a recent switch to a scaled-down approach producing results.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are vying for the NGAD program while the three military services are teaming on uncrewed aircraft development.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service is undertaking a series of new munitions programs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to work together on developing collaborative combat aircraft by standardizing multiple system components.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems—including aircraft, ships and ground vehicles—on a scale not seen within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s secretive next-generation fighter program has completed concept refinement and has moved into a design maturation phase.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have seen their rates of series aircraft incidents decrease but the cost for each mishap has risen significantly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky has received a $2.7 billion contract for the next two production lots of its CH-53K Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The capital investments by Boeing are supporting the company's "future franchise" programs, which possibly include the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s top officer stepped aside Aug. 14, meaning that three services are without Senate-confirmed leaders amid an ongoing hold by a lone senator.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has a series of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) missiles almost done with production and ready to be deployed.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Conventional Prompt Strike missile is one of several weapon systems pursuing alternatives to an increasingly threatened GPS-based approach to navigation.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The next increment of OASuW is the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive (HALO) weapon, first disclosed in a budget request in 2022 with prototypes expected this year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
The U.S. should study the design of a system for public reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy are replacing the input quill assembly in the tiltrotor’s gearbox every 800 flight hours.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military has set up a new joint pathway aimed at bringing on nontraditional suppliers to try to grow the propulsion industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
New technology is making simulated training more powerful than ever, but obstacles remain for the U.S. military to exploit recent advances fully.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare