Prior to joining Breaking Defense, Justin Katz reported on the Navy and Marine Corps as an associate editor for Inside Defense, where he focused on the services' largest acquisition programs and congressional committees overseeing them. Justin has also covered the federal government's cybersecurity policies and programs for FCW and a worked as a general news reporter in both Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Katz graduated from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., in 2015 with a degree in communications focusing on journalism and is a native of Long Island, N.Y.
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Rear Adm. Sean Bailey, commander of Carrier Strike Group 8, relieved Capt. Dave Snowden on Feb. 20 due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command,” according to a Navy statement.
Company executives said current demonstrations have successfully managed a number of drones in the “double digits,” and they expect that number to soon exceed 100.
“Through resilience and extraordinary efforts by leaders and individual Marines and sailors and their families, we still executed a very successful non-standard deployment,” Marine Corps Col. Sean Dynan said of his ARG-MEU’s deployment to the western pacific.
“Southern Spear will operationalize a heterogeneous mix of robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) to support the detection and monitoring of illicit trafficking while learning lessons for other theaters,” said Cmdr. Foster Edwards, 4th Fleet’s hybrid fleet director.
The new aviation plan was signed by the deputy commandant and published Monday, shortly after a new report from the Pentagon’s top weapons tester that identified persistent issues plaguing the F-35 enterprise.
“The way in which global trade is interconnected at the moment means that China has a trump card of maritime trade that no other nation on the planet’s got,” said Rear Adm. James Parkin, a senior officer in the UK’s Royal Navy.
Capt. Andrew Beard said his aircraft are divided into two fleets: those with gearboxes under 400 flights hour and those above 400 flight hours, the former of which have more restrictions.
Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever expressed confidence in the Navy’s ability to seamlessly integrate the new tanker into the air wing despite challenges associated with unmanned technologies and carrier flight operations.
