CMV-22 Grounding Was “Wakeup Call” For Navy, Stakes Higher With C-2 Gone Next Year
The Navy says it is confident in the CMV-22B to provide critical support to carriers at sea, but that its readiness and reliability need to be improved.
The Navy says it is confident in the CMV-22B to provide critical support to carriers at sea, but that its readiness and reliability need to be improved.
The combat-proven V-BAT can take off and land virtually anywhere and does the job of larger aircraft. Now it's getting a slew of major enhancements.
Huge exercises will stress test U.S. armed forces and they will also reveal what requirements are most pressing to make such a massive joint fight a reality.
The Navy's Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike family of systems plan also puts major emphasis on new vertical takeoff and landing drones.
The admiral in charge of the Navy's Air Warfare Division made it clear his service is taking a wait and see approach to Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
FA-XX will have much less range than some may have hoped for, even though extending the carrier strike group's reach is a top Navy priority.
The Bullseye standoff precision-guided missile is being offered to the U.S. military as a lower-cost weapon that can be quickly manufactured at scale.
The MQ-25's very long endurance outside of the tanking mission is unprecedented for a carrier-based aircraft and its impact could be far reaching.
A motorist captured the close-quarters video of the stealthy three-engine heavy tactical jet on approach to its home airfield in Chengdu.
Copperheads are designed for low cost and can be configured for other missions, with an eye toward launching from larger submarine drones.
The Leidos Small Cruise Missile could give AC-130s a new lease on life and enhance the combat reach and strike efficiency of other platforms.
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The intercept between the U.S. and Russian fighters occurred while at least one Tu-95 bomber was also present.
At least six of America's prized B-2 bombers are deployed to the island outpost and are now participating in combat operations against the Houthis in Yemen.
Additional imagery of China's other tailless next generation fighter has emerged over three months since the type was first spotted in the skies.
The Main Ground Combat System will be centered upon a tank, but aims to provide a wider ‘system of systems,’ with crewed and uncrewed platforms.
Work on the first Ivan Rogov class amphibious assault ship is ongoing at a shipyard Ukrainian forces have attacked in the past with long-range missiles.
The move is inspired by the success of fiber optic cables on first-person view (FPV) aerial drones used by both sides.
Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the top U.S. general in Europe, testified that Greenland is vital to U.S. national security.
It took the USAF decades to field a light attack aircraft and many are questioning its relevance in a new age of ‘great power competition.’