MilitaryFirst MQ-25 Flight Test Pushed To Early 2026 The Navy and Boeing have pushed back the initial flight test of the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based tanker aircraft into early 2026. The government-industry team insisted they are making progress towards…
MilitaryPratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon said…
MilitaryBoeing Moves To Relocate Super Hornet Service Life Modification Work Away From St. Louis Boeing on Sept. 24 announced it is relocating its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Service Life Modification (SLM) work out of its St. Louis region facilities and it plans to wrap up remaining SLM…
UnmannedMQ-4C Approved For Initial Use Despite Deficiencies That Could Prevent Mission Success, Says Pentagon Auditor The Navy “failed to effectively manage the operational capabilities” of the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft program, declaring Initial Operation Capability (IOC) before undergoing an initial testing phase despite having several important deficiencies,…
MilitaryNAVAIR Head Warns First MQ-25 Flight This Year Still Requires “A Ton Of Work” The commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) this month warned a lot of work is still required with the new MQ-25 Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft in order to conduct a…
Aircraft MaintenanceMarine Corps Highlights New Osprey Gearbox Sensors In Aviation Plan, Navy Limit At 200 Miles The Marine Corps’ newest Aviation Plan underscored the importance of new sensors to be installed on the V-22 Osprey to better predict when parts need to be replaced to avoid previous incidents.…
MilitaryAir Boss: Unmanned MQ-25 Will Fly This Year, Opens Way To 6th Gen Collaborative Combat Aircraft SAN DIEGO – The Navy Air Boss on Jan. 28 confirmed the first MQ-25A Stingray aircraft carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft will start test flying later this year, a necessary step to getting…
MilitaryNavy Issues RFI To Expand Unmanned ISR The Navy this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) that aims to increase the number of partners to provide small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions…
AI & AutonomyNavy Picks SNC To Develop More Prototype Logistics Drones Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) on Dec. 5 said the Navy awarded it a prototype other transaction (OT) agreement to develop the technology to support autonomous unmanned air transport capability for naval logistics…
MilitaryNavy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the General Atomics…