The Navy envisions the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike system as a bridge to its autonomous strike fighter, according to service Secretary Ray Mabus.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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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.
The Navy envisions the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike system as a bridge to its autonomous strike fighter, according to service Secretary Ray Mabus.
Newcomer Advanced Defense Vehicle Systems as well as four other bidders have submitted proposals for the Marine Corps' next-generation amphibious vehicle competition.
The Marine Corps will perform its first-ever operational readiness inspection on the service's Joint Strike Fighter operational squadron before the jet is declared wartime-ready, according to a service official.
During the Marine Corps' first-ever crisis-response unit deployment supporting U.S. Central Command, the MV-22 Osprey achieved an average 65-percent readiness rate, according to service officials.
In an unprecedented move, Defense Secretary Ash Carter has nominated a submariner, Adm. John Richardson, to succeed another member of the "silent service" as the 31st chief of naval operations.
Navy personnel may begin transitioning from Blackberry devices to Apple smartphones and tablets on the service's network, according to a recent announcement.
The Marine Corps is looking to industry to provide a design improvement and performance upgrade for its emergency egress lighting kit installed on Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, according to a recent request for information.
The Government Accountability Office is recommending the Navy and the Pentagon submit a report to Congress after the way ahead is determined for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike system.
The Navy will temporarily double the number of Joint Strike Fighter aircraft it has at an Air Force base in Florida while a facility is waiting to be built in Northern California to house the jets, according to a spokeswoman.
An influential House lawmaker would like the Navy to continue testing two Unmanned Combat Aerial System-Demonstrator air vehicles instead of terminating the program.
The chief of naval operations is rejecting the cruiser phased modernization plan proposed by the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee, while an influential Democrat on the panel plans to propose legislation siding with the service, according to a letter and the proposed amendment obtained by Inside the Navy.
Lawmakers are looking to block the Marine Corps' Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar production ramp because of testing delays by slashing $40 million from the president's budget request, according to a congressional staffer.
The Defense Department's inspector general is calling for more oversight of the Joint Strike Fighter's F135 engine -- a recommendation that engine-maker Pratt & Whitney and the F-35 joint program office say would add time and cost to the program.
The Navy recently completed the first-ever, air-to-air refueling of an unmanned aerial system, according to a service official.
House authorizers are directing the Navy to install the Virginia Payload Module on all Block V Virginia-class submarines because of the lack of undersea strike capacity the service will have in the 2020s, according to a committee aide.
House authorizers have not been briefed by the Pentagon on multiple studies concerning the Navy's first unmanned combat aircraft program and are directing the service to submit a requirements document for the program this summer.
House authorizers are concerned about "the viability" of the Navy's Optimized Fleet Response Plan because of shipyard availability, according to a committee aide.
A small Michigan company is poised to enter the Marine Corps' next-generation amphibious vehicle program as one of five potential competitors for a multibillion-dollar contract, according to a Marine Corps official.
The Navy is creating new positions focused on unmanned systems aimed at streamlining the service's efforts, according to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who noted Wednesday that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter would most likely be the last manned aircraft the service ever buys.
The Navy plans to test the X-47B unmanned carrier system-demonstrator air-to-air refueling capability on April 15 before the system is retired, according to a service official.