With the Marine Corps on track for approval to begin a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system program, the service is looking at options like a derivative of Bell's V-280 to meet that need.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Lee Hudson was Inside the Navy's managing editor until June 2018. She has covered Navy and Marine Corps issues since 2011, reporting at the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, aboard ships and military facilities around the U.S. Previously she worked as a staff reporter at The Daily Review in Morgan City, LA, covering local government and crime. Lee graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication and Marketing from Loyola University New Orleans.
With the Marine Corps on track for approval to begin a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system program, the service is looking at options like a derivative of Bell's V-280 to meet that need.
The Marine Corps plans to deploy the Joint Strike Fighter to both U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Central Command in the same year, according to a service official.
The Marine Corps may install active vehicle protection systems on the Amphibious Combat Vehicle and Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to combat the anti-access/area denial threat, according to service Commandant Gen. Robert Neller.
The first Littoral Combat Ship recently experienced a problem with the platform’s main propulsion diesel engine, which is the second time this summer the engine experienced damage, according to the Navy.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy:
ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON -- The Navy and Marine Corps F-35 integrated test force will shift its focus to an October at-sea test after completing the final Joint Strike Fighter developmental test.
ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON -- The Navy will establish a Joint Strike Fighter integration office in September and the service has not determined if it will remain after the F-35 is declared operational, according to a service official.
The Navy is shifting its strategy on dismantling the reactor plants on its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) and how the service will dispose of all low-level radioactive waste.
The Navy's future unmanned tanker does not have a stealth requirement and survivability for the platform is not a key performance parameter, according to a top service official.
Despite software glitches the first-ever Joint Strike Fighter operational squadron had a 98 percent sortie completion rate during a recent Red Flag joint integration exercise, according to a Marine Corps official.
The Marine Corps may decide by the beginning of 2017 on how the future force should be organized, according to the service's top general.
The Navy and Marine Corps recently kicked off an amphibious exercise that focuses on the anti-access/area-denial threat.
ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GEORGE WASHINGTON -- The Navy is in the midst of completing its final at-sea developmental test of the Joint Strike Fighter that includes the first-ever use of test pilots carrying external weapons on the jet.
The Marine Corps plan to field a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system with strike capability is making its way through the joint requirements process and is on track for Pentagon approval by the beginning of fiscal year 2017.
Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy.
The House Appropriations Committee has denied the Pentagon's fiscal year 2016 reprogramming request to cut $30 million from the Navy's future unmanned tanker that will operate from an aircraft carrier.
Iraq will spend about $8 million for ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system spares, support equipment and services, according to a recent contract announcement.
The Navy is looking to industry for the best way to integrate the future unmanned tanker into air vehicle communication operations aboard an aircraft carrier.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller hopes to have funding to send a new crisis-response force to support U.S. Southern Command next year.
The Navy has determined after a detailed analysis that advance planning for the overhaul of the George Washington (CVN-73) can be shortened from 36 to 30 months by reusing planning products.