U.S. Navy

Aviation Week Staff
Fiji Airways has signed an expression of interest to purchase Odys Aviation’s Laila hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The limited arrangement has U.S. and Australian personnel flying the Australian-made uncrewed system.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The service hopes to progress on F/A-18, T-45 and MH-60 replacements, though ship- and submarine-building requirements are likely to take priority.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydroplane has been awarded a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the U.S. Navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A nonpublic investigation into the recent crash highlights an increasing disconnect between the U.S. Air Force and Navy program offices.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command announced the award Sept. 10.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force and U.S. Navy have fielded the latest version of the missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The head of the U.S. Air Force wants Congress to expand a newly approved authority to start acquisition programs ahead of authorization from lawmakers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Founded in 1978, California-based Aero Turbine has a customer portfolio that includes the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.
Supply Chain

Julia Green
The company has a billion-dollar industrialization plan to “hyperscale” manufacturing of its diverse defense product portfolio.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The installation of the unmanned air warfare center (UAWC) features the MD-5E ground control station.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
The flight, which Stratolaunch has scheduled toward the end of the third quarter, is expected to round out a two-year test campaign.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The SDA’s Warfighter Integration Cell conducted a series of Link-16 tests over a two-day period.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Senate appropriators are seeking to reverse some of the Pentagon’s proposed development cutbacks as part of an $852.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense spending bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Industry is expecting the U.S. Navy to select its Next Generation Fighter next year despite ongoing budget uncertainty, a competitor says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
This was the first time RAN fired the NSM since it acquired the missile in January 2023.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Naval Air Systems Command published a request for information for the CAMS weapon system, seeking a missile in the same class as the Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy plans to buy active expendable BriteCloud decoys from Leonardo to improve the self-protection equipment of the F-35.
GASCC & RIAT

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy this week disclosed that a T-45C Goshawk experienced another engine malfunction, prompting an emergency landing on July 10.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Acquisition and budget documents point to the quiet emergence of a third capability: signals intelligence.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
As fixed-price deals signed years ago continue to burden balance sheets, Boeing Defense and Space is focusing on smart growth opportunities.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
GE Aerospace now boasts a validated propulsion design that will compete for use in a future class of hypersonic missiles and reusable vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy aims to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system before the end of September after multiple delays.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare