By Lara Seligman WASHINGTON — The US Navy is planning at-sea testing of the carrier variant joint strike fighter in the first few weeks of October aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, … More »
By John Holland The Virginian-Pilot VIRGINIA BEACH Predictions of doom bounced around City Hall in the summer of 2005 and landed on the front page in bold, desperate headlines. People were … More »
Clay Dillow The F-35 fighter jet will find itself outmaneuvered, outgunned, out of range, and visible to enemy sensors, says a new report by think tank National Security Network. … More »
By Kris Osborn Stealth fighter jets, carrier-launched drones, V-22 Ospreys, submarine-detecting helicopters, laser weapons and electronic jamming are all deemed indispensable to the Navy’s now unfolding future vision of … More »
By: Megan Eckstein Carrier air wings are burning through the service life of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets faster than anticipated, forcing the Navy to think about how to complete … More »
By: JAMES DREW WASHINGTON DC The US Navy believes budget pressures and competing priorities could drive it to purchase fewerLockheed Martin F-35Cs per year in the 2020s, and a worst-case scenario … More »
By Christopher P. Cavas WASHINGTON — The Pentagon rejected a US Navy plan to carry out shock and survivability tests on the second ship of its new aircraft carrier design, … More »
By Meghann Myers, Staff writer Seven years after she left home for forward deployment in Japan, the carrier George Washington was set to return to U.S. shores Monday. The carrier GW’s … More »