Inside the Navy highlights

Some must-reads from this week's issue of Inside the Navy:

1. The Marine Corps is encouraging the Navy's surface warfare directorate to join planning requirements for a large, sea-based unmanned aerial system, according to a service official.

Full story: Marine Corps wants Navy to take part in large, sea-based UAS program

2. The Navy is in the process of sending a defective EA-18G Growler back to Boeing for evaluation because of "physiological episodes" being reported by pilots at a base in Washington state.

Full story: Navy sends defective Growler to Boeing for analysis due to pilot concerns

3. The Navy is preparing to review final data on the testing of initial fixes made to the F-35C nose gear and helmet, as the service weighs whether to move on to at-sea tests later this year, according to a top admiral.

Full story: Navy gathering testing data on F-35C nose gear, helmet fixes

4. The new radar being developed for the Navy's guided-missile destroyers has completed its first ballistic missile tracking test, the service announced last week.

Full story: Air and Missile Defense Radar completes first ballistic missile flight test