(REUTERS 20 MAY 13) … Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force plans to start operational use of Lockheed Martin Corp.-built F-35 fighter jets in mid-2016, a year earlier … More »
St. Louis-built fighter has three years of production left. What then? (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 19 MAY 13) … Tim Logan Something happened on the deck of an aircraft carrier off … More »
(BREAKING DEFENSE 15 MAY 13) … Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake An aircraft carrier is nothing without aircraft, and a Navy aircraft is worth little without a carrier. It’s ships … More »
By Dianna Cahn The Virginian-Pilot © May 14, 2013 ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE H.W. BUSH In November 1910, Eugene Ely made history when he flew his biplane off the … More »
Test Flight Set for Plane That Admirals Say Will Extend an Aircraft Carrier’s Range (WALL STREET JOURNAL 14 MAY 13) … Julian Barnes The U.S. Navy will take a big … More »
The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert announced today the following assignments: Rear Adm. Terry B. Kraft will be assigned as … More »
(REUTERS 09 MAY 13) … Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON – Boeing Co. could keep building its Super Hornet fighter jet and a modified electronic attack version through 2020, the company said, … More »
(CQ ROLL CALL 08 MAY 13) … Megan Scully The top Republican on the Senate Armed Service’s Seapower Subcommittee on Wednesday called the Navy’s shipbuilding plan a “fantasy” that is … More »