Dan Taylor

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Daily News | December 1, 2011

AVX Aircraft Co. and BAE Systems have thrown their hat into the ring for the Medium-Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System competition, AVX announced in a statement today.

Daily News | November 29, 2011

A successful first flight of the second X-47B unmanned aircraft test vehicle on Nov. 22 means the Navy and manufacturer Northrop Grumman will be able to increase the "pace and productivity" of the unmanned combat air system (UCAS) flight test program, Northrop said in a Nov. 28 statement.

Daily News | November 28, 2011

Despite the House Armed Services Committee's concerns that the Navy is not doing enough to bring down maintenance costs for the service's fleet of 2,480 small boats, the Navy has told the congressional defense committees in a new report that "boat lifts" would actually raise maintenance costs and shouldn't be procured.

Daily News | October 31, 2011

PANAMA CITY, FL -- The head of the Littoral Combat Ship program executive office said here last week he plans to use contractors to address corrosion and maintenance issues on both the Austal USA and Lockheed Martin ship designs, as he is opposed to increasing the size of the LCS crew to deal with the problem.

Daily News | October 20, 2011

The Navy plans to extend the Virginia-class attack submarine program to 45 or 50 subs rather than end it at 30 boats and start building a replacement in the early 2020s, Capt. Michael Jabaley, Virginia-class program manager, said today.

Daily News | October 18, 2011

ABOARD THE USS WASP (LHD-1) -- As it wraps up the initial round of at-sea testing of the Marine Corps' short-take-off, vertical-landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Navy is finding that JSFs do not appear to cause significantly more "downwash" effects on ship decks than the service's legacy AV-8B Harriers.

Daily News | September 29, 2011

Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Terry Robling said today he no longer thinks a 2014 fielding is possible for the short-take-off, vertical-landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Daily News | September 19, 2011

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Lockheed Martin is repairing the Marine Corps' Joint Strike Fighters in response to cracks found in their bulkheads during fatigue testing, Tom Burbage, Lockheed executive vice president and JSF program manager, said today.

Daily News | September 7, 2011

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has lost some ground in meeting test flight goals due to the recent suspension of operations after a problem with the aircraft's integrated power package, according to the program executive office.

Daily News | August 25, 2011

The Navy could place a guided-missile payload module aboard a Virginia-class attack submarine hull as a way to replace the four modified Ohio-class SSGN subs when they go out of service, Vice Adm. John Richardson, commander of submarine forces, told reporters today.

Daily News | August 18, 2011

The F-35 joint program office will resume test flights of the Joint Strike Fighter, Joe DellaVedova, JSF spokesman, said in a statement today.

Daily News | August 17, 2011

The Navy plans to arm the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft with the Advance Precision Kill Weapon System and deploy it into theater in 18 months, the program manager told reporters today.

Daily News | August 11, 2011

Huntington Ingalls Industries believes it will cost 12.5 percent less to close operations at the Avondale shipyard than originally thought, and the company plans to submit a revised proposal to the Navy later this month, company officials said in a second-quarter 2011 earnings teleconference call today.

Daily News | August 10, 2011

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter joint program office resumed ground operations of its test fleet today, a week after suspending all operations after one of the fighters experienced engine problems.

Daily News | August 8, 2011

The Pentagon today awarded a $535 million contract for advance procurement of the sixth lot of low-rate initial production F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft as the current fleet of test aircraft remained grounded following an engine failure last week.

Daily News | August 3, 2011

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office has grounded all aircraft after a test jet experienced a power failure yesterday during a "standard ground maintenance engine run" at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the program office announced today.

Daily News | July 27, 2011

The troubled Marine Corps short-take-off, vertical-landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is "pretty close" to ending its two-year probation early, Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos said at a conference today.

Daily News | July 21, 2011

With the second production F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft delivered this month, the program is preparing to ramp up training of pilots and maintainers in earnest this fall, Marine Corps Col. Arthur Tomassetti, vice commander of the joint 33rd Fighter Wing, told reporters in a teleconference call today.

Daily News | July 11, 2011

The Marine Corps will need an extra $2.3 billion to restore its end strength to 186,800 Marines after the fiscal year 2012 defense budget request put the service on a path to only 182,000, according to a memorandum to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta obtained by InsideDefense.com.

Daily News | June 30, 2011

While the Marine Corps became involved in AirSea Battle discussions only in January, the concept is set to be a major focus in an upcoming exercise, a three-star Marine Corps general told reporters today.

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